Yes, we drank the kool aid.... When I first saw the preview for the movie a couple of months ago I told RR that I would take him to see it if he read the book first. He wasn't ecstatic with the deal, but didn't go into his normal negotiation mode. {He usually goes for books like Ender's Game, Force Unleashed or The Lightening Thief} Always looking for a way to make learning more exciting or interesting, I chose to turn this into an educational opportunity. I decided that he would read the book, see the movie and write a paper about the similarities and differences between the two. In order to do be able to grade it properly I decided to read it also. Two pages in and I was hooked, so was RR. We started reading on Sunday night and RR finished his on Tuesday morning. (He was reading all the time; in the car, in the store, at his brother's soccer practice....etc.) I bought him "Catching Fire" (book two in the series) Tuesday afternoon and he finished that this morning. : )
For those of you who don't know about the hottest series since Twilight, Hunger Games is the first book of a trilogy. * No spoilers * It is set in Panem (the Capitol), which stands within what used to be North America. Panem is surrounded by twelve districts, inhabited by poor and starving citizens. The Capitol (where the "wealthy" live) forces each district to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV. Twenty-four go in, but only one comes out. When her sister is chosen for the Games, Katniss (the main character) volunteers to take her place. While only 16yrs. old, she is the sole protector and provider for her sister and mother, but now she has to fight for her own survival. There's suspense, action and a great plot. This book is awesome and I can't wait to start reading the next one, but tonight we're heading to the movies......
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