Tuesday, February 21, 2012

The Hunger Games - 2012-13 Campus Read Selection

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins has been chosen as the Campus Read book for 2012-13.  Thanks for helping us make that decision by participating in the email and blog polls!

The Hunger Games is the first book in a trilogy about a not-too-distant future that is very bleak.  Every year in what was once North America, tributes from each of the 12 districts are chosen by lottery and summoned to the capitol to participate in the Hunger Games.  It is a fight to the death and there can only be one survivor. 

The other two books in the trilogy are Catching Fire and Mockingjay.  The books are page turners and tell a compelling story.  Once you start, you can hardly put them down!

There is also a movie version of The Hunger Games, which will be released on March 23.  It stars Jennifer Lawrence, Joshua Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Lenny Kravitz, Elizabeth Banks, Stanley Tucci, and Donald Sutherland.