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The Hunger Games is set where North America once was but now resides Panem: consisting of the Capitol and the 12 districts. The Hunger Games are an annual reality TV show broadcast everywhere to show the power the Capitol has over the Districts and to remind them of the Dark Days. Each year a boy and girl between the ages 12 and 18 are selected from each district to compete in the games, in an unknown arena where there can only be one survivor from the 24 teenagers. The story follows Katniss Everdeen, a very self-made 16-year-old, who volunteers to save her younger sister, Prim, from entering the games - a rare action from the run-down District 12.

Katniss believes she is very unlikely to win the games and return home to her family and district alive, but with her bravery in volunteering and the help of her stylist and acquaintances making her appear enchanting and desirable, Katniss begins to see that with the assistance she may receive in the games from sponsors who want her to win, and the skills acquired from hunting for her family, her return to district 12 may become a possibility.

However, if this is to become a reality, Katniss must face up to the terror of the games and the traumatising possibility of having to kill a person in order to survive. This may be just about manageable if it weren't for the fact she's thrown into the arena with Peeta Mellark: a boy she owes so much: a boy who has saved her life.

The Hunger Games is one of the most interesting books and series I've read with a very realistic plot that's easy to imagine actually happening at some point in the future. I would definitely recommend The Hunger Games - the entire series - with a 9/10 for the first book.
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Quentin Jacobsen has spent a lifetime loving the magnificently adventurous Margo Roth Spiegelman from afar. So when she cracks open a window and climbs back into his life-dressed like a ninja and summoning him for an ingenious campaign of revenge-he follows. After their all-nighter ends and a new day breaks, Q arrives at school to discover that Margo, always an enigma, has now become a mystery. But Q soon learns that there are clues-and they're for him. Urged down a disconnected path, the closer he gets, the less Q sees of the girl he thought he knew.

Paper Towns debuted at #5 on the New York Times bestseller list and won the 2009 Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Mystery. It is taught in many high school and college curricular, often in conjunction with Whitman's Leaves of Grass, which is an important text within the novel. The movie adaptation of Paper Towns was released in Summer 2015 starring Nat Wolff and Cara Delevingne, and directed by Jake Schreier.

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'A truly warm book that made me laugh, cry, feel angry and scared all at the same time'

Cookie by Jacqueline Wilson is wonderful! A truly warm book that made me laugh, cry, feel angry and scared all at the same time.

I loved beauty whether she was beautiful or not. She was an intelligent and brave character who respected her Dad but fought for her and her Mum's rights. She supported her Mum at all times, even when she was low. A truly great book. Suitable for all ages. I would definitely read this book!

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'A truly warm book that made me laugh, cry, feel angry and scared all at the same time' Cookie by Jacqueline Wilson is wonderful! A truly warm book that made me laugh, cry, feel angry and scared all at the same time. I loved beauty whether she was beautiful or not.

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Every day a different body. Every day a different life. Every day in love with the same girl.

In his New York Times bestselling novel, David Levithan introduces readers to what Entertainment Weekly calls a "wise, wildly unique" love story about A, a teen who wakes up every morning in a different body, living a different life.

There's never any warning about where it will be or who it will be. A has made peace with that, even established guidelines by which to live: Never get too attached. Avoid being noticed. Do not interfere. It's all fine until the morning that A wakes up in the body of Justin and meets Justin's girlfriend, Rhiannon. From that moment, the rules by which A has been living no longer apply. Because finally A has found someone he wants to be with-day in, day out, day after day.

With his new novel, David Levithan, bestselling co-author of Will Grayson, Will Grayson, and Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, has pushed himself to new creative heights. He has written a captivating story that will fascinate readers as they begin to comprehend the complexities of life and love in A's world, as A and Rhiannon seek to discover if you can truly love someone who is destined to change every day.

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We know Adams wrote The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. But did you know these bits of trivia?

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Google celebrated science-fiction author and humorist Douglas Adams on Monday, adding a collection of iconic images to a new Google Doodle.

Adams, of course, is most famous for his Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, starring the bemused Ford Prefect as he wanders the galaxy. Not surprisingly, the doodle showcases the Hitchhiker works. The interactive doodle also has a few "Easter eggs," including Marvin the Android (not the Google kinde) and a few catchphrases from the Hitchhiker series.

The Hitchhiker series was originally pitched as a radio series for BBC4 in 1977 (airing in 1978), according to Wikipedia. Adams, who had had what might be fair to call a struggling comedy career to that point, hadn't quite parlayed a bref stint with the Monty Python gang into long-term success. In fact, he served as both a bodyguard as well as a cleaner of chicken coops, among other positions.

The original plot for Hitchhikers concerned several somewhat unrelated episodes of the Earth being destroyed in various ways, witnessed by an alien who was researching the Hitchhikers book. The book, naturally, became the focus of the remainder of the radio show (which totaled 12 episodes across two seasons, or "series") and the "trilogy" of five books plus The Salmon of Doubt, a book that Adams had felt hadn't quite worked. Salmon was written and published in 2008, several years after Adams's death in 2001.

Adams, however, was also intrigued by technology, as any good-science fiction author should be. What happens when you mix technology and humor? Well, you get Hitchhikers, of course (plus the unrelated followup series, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency). But here are a few other Adams tidbits you might not know.

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I have always loved Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy, and have to admit that it shaped my childhood in many ways. From the initial awe that Northern Lights produced, to the final heartbreaking moments of The Amber Spyglass, Pullman has always had a firm grip on my imagination. In this, the first of three reviews, I will examine Northern Lights.

Initial Impressions

The original cover of Northern Lights immediately captures the reader's attention, from the "alethiometer" on the front to the icy blue landscape behind it. The title and image draw the eye, with the author name sitting at the top, slightly out of the way so as not to detract from the overall cover. The back cover is a mid to light blue, with white text for the blurb and a lighter shade of blue for the reviews. The blurb itself is succinct and to the point without giving away any of the details, and the reviews are both varied and concise, as well as all being positive.

Plot

Lyra is a young girl, raised at Jordan College in Oxford. However, when she thwarts a plot to save her father's life, she is flung into a world of intrigue, manipulation and war on a scale even she can't imagine.

When her friend Roger is stolen away, Lyra decides to find him and bring him back to his rightful home. Her mother, however, is equally determined that Lyra will never achieve her goal. With the help of some unlikely allies, Lyra travels to Svalbard and to the world beyond the Northern Lights. It's a journey made up of the Fens, sledges, a hot air balloon and more strength that Lyra ever thought she could possess, as well as one of the most heartbreaking moments of her life.

Characterisation

Lyra is the daughter every woman dreams of - feisty, resourceful, and intelligent - and the daughter every woman despairs of! She has a certain charm about her, which translates into strength in the face of danger, as well as exceptional skills in the way of flattering her opponents.

Lord Asriel, on the other hand, is everything she is not - arrogant, proud, blindly determined and almost uncaring of the danger he places his daughter in. If I had to choose a favourite character from this book, however, it would be Iorek Byrnison - the kind-hearted, just bear who saves lives and does his level best to create democracy from tyranny.

Writing Style and Overall Impressions

Pullman has an incredible way of writing that draws readers in time after time. It had been more than a decade since I read Northern Lights when I picked it up again, and I still felt the draw of his words pulling me into the magical world that is so much like my own.

Whilst it is based in an England that is vaguely familiar to us all, and indeed in Lapland and Svalbard, there is an otherworldly nature about it that makes it starkly different. I have to admit, Pullman still has me longing for my own daemon, but I'm sure I can cope without one! What I love about Pullman's style is the ease with which he writes, the way he creates just enough drama to pull the reader in and then tempers this with periods of calm, before the storm rises again.

If I had to criticise one thing about Pullman's writing, it would be how closely he bases his locations on reality. Children are quite easily led and may not quite see the connection between the country they know as their own and the country in Pullman's novels, but adults are less susceptible and may realise this. However, it's still amazing to think that there could quite possibly be a world where daemons exist, and where there is a way to go beyond the Northern Lights.

Publisher: Scholastic Point
ISBN: 9780590660549
Publication date: 23 Oct 1998
Page count: 399

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Mowgli and more in timeless, suspenseful tales. Read Common Sense Media's The Jungle Book review, age rating, and parents guide.