Imagine a totalitian dictatorship that uses Reality TV + Roman Colosseum style bloodgames + elements of Shirley Jackson's short story The Lottery to control the masses, and you have the basic conceits of Suzanne Collins' young adult novel The Hunger Games, a book I started (and finished) last night. I recommend as a co-read. Read it with your child, and have a rousing discussion about civil liberties and the proper role of government.
Hey, this is off-topic; but I wanted to ask you a few questions about the IPod Touch, if you don't mind. Can you email me?
My sister loved this book, I'll have to check it out!
I am the wife of a man I call My Gift from a Generous God. I am mama to two lovely children, Dandy and Chickadee that became ours in September 2006 in a court-room in Siberia. I am the daughter of two people whom I love and admire. One of them, my dad, is a new (Dec 06) paraplegic.
In my previous life (B.C. - before children), I was a college English teacher, specializing in composition and ESL composition.
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