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by Sam McColl Journal Entry pages #1-30

The book I chose was The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins. In this book so far it's about a teenage girl named Katniss who is struggling to keep her and her family alive in the place called district 12. She has to hunt, collect, and brake the harsh laws of district 12 for her mother. herself, and her younger sister Primrose. Also Gale which is her best friend was introduced in this novel and having a hard time to live is not the worst thing in this district. There is also Reaping day which is were there is a draw of one girl and one boy who are taken from each district to fight one another till death and the last one alive gets to go home and gets food and items for them to live on. I chose this book because my friend Alex told me how great it was and told me a summary of the book which sounded interesting to me also the name jumped out at me. After i read the first couple of pages i could already see that i was going to love this book. The first problem that was faced in the novel was probably the fact that they were all struggling to survive but the real problem was reaping day because Katniss's sister Prim was the girl chosen but bravely Katniss took her place to save her sister. Now she needs to kill other teenagers to stay alive. In this book there is a big twist that nobody would expect the twist is that Prim was picked to go into the hunger games even though she only had one slip and a lot of other girls had 20 to 40 slips in the draw. This book is an amazing and i cant wait to read more of it.

** What plot twists or unexpected events happen as the novel goes on? **In this book there is a big twist that nobody would expect the twist is that Prim was picked to go into the hunger games even though she only had one slip and a lot of other girls had 20 to 40 slips in the draw.
 * Why did you select this novel? **I chose this book because my friend Alex told me how great it was and told me a summary of the book which sounded interesting to me also the name jumped out at me. After i read the first couple of pages i could already see that i was going to love this book.
 * What is the initial or first problem faced by the main character? **The first problem that was faced in the novel was probably the fact that they were all struggling to survive but the real problem was reaping day because Katniss's sister Prim was the girl chosen but bravely Katniss took her place to save her sister.

9/10

The Hunger Games. Journal entry by Sam McColl, pages 31-100

In pages 31- 100, there has been lots of new thing that have happened in the novel. Such as the main Character was visited by her family and people from the town like the challengers mom who gave her a token to be worn to represent there district. she met up with the boy from her district on the train and started to get to know each other a little bit better. As well they got put in costumes to represent there district and for the first time ever they got the most cheers from the crowd as they went around the podium. They also were told that if they listened to there designers that there trainer would actually train them instead of just being a drunken fool. even though all these things seem like they are working out there is still a lot of things to worry about.

She is always worrying if her mother fallowed her promise and was staying strong and was helping out Prim with all of the chores such as getting food cooking and even just protecting each other. She is also worrying about if she is even going to survive. even though she is getting help from her trainer, thats only a week of training when some people have been training for there whole live. She also has never killed a person So she doesn’t even know if she will be able to go through with it. Thats all that happened through thoughts pages and I’m exited to read more.

**Is this novel believable**: I fined that this book could be believable if the the world actually turned that bad, but i can not really tell because you never know what you would do in this situation. although you can not tell if the story is realistic, i know that the characters are because the way they interact seems real.

**Why would you recommend this novel to a friend**: i would recommend this book to a friend because i find this a great book and i would want other people to be able to enjoy the book just like i did. I also would recommend this book to a friend because my own friend recommended this book to me and it only seems fair to pass it on.

**What age group is it good for**: I think this book should be read from any one from 10 and up. i think this because people under 10 might not under stand it and any body over it would really enjoy it i don’t think it matters what the age group is to much because any one that can under stand it will probably really like this book. Also there are some disturbing parts in this book that people under 10 might fined frightening.