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 * Give a short summary of the story without giving away the ending.**

Katniss Everdeen lives with her mom and her sister in District 12 of Panem, which used to be the United States. There are now 12 districts instead of 50 states. Each year, the districts each select one boy and one girl to send as tributes to fight in the annual Hunger Games. The goal of the Hunger Games is to be the last person alive. This year, Katniss’s younger sister Prim was chosen as the tribute and Katniss just couldn’t let her do it and so she volunteers to go instead. Peeta, the baker’s son, to which she has a strange connection is chosen to go with her. They must try to find a way to win the brutal games in the arena. Unfortunately, the rules of the game state that the game is played until one person is left, which means either Katniss, Peeta or both will never come back home.


 * What did you like about the book? What did you dislike?**

I really liked the action in the story. It was a real page-turner. The reader could never be sure of what happened next. The characterization was excellent and Collins was so clever that things were unpredictable to the very end. The part that I didn’t like was that it was so brutal. It was hard to imagine teenagers killing each other so brutally in order to stay alive. Of course, we know it happens in wars everywhere. It just seemed so horrible to think that a government would sanction something so horrific.


 * Write three essential (higher level thinking) questions that you might use in a culminating discussion of this book. (6 pts)**


 * 1) Compare and contrast Katniss and Peeta. Which of these characters are you more like? Why?
 * 2) What do you think the author’s message was to us as readers? What was she trying to tell us? Explain your answer.
 * 3) Predict what you think might happen in the sequel, Catching Fire. Explain why you predict this to happen.


 * Comprehension Activity:**

Create a “FakeBook: (not Facebook) page for the main character or one of the main characters from your Contemporary Realistic Fiction Book. Use the instructions provided in a separate attachment to help you.

I created a Fakebook Page for Katniss. You can access it at

http://www.classtools.net/fb/46/FEbdQK