The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins tells the story of a dystopian future North America called Panem, whose rulers maintain control through a televised survival competition, pitting young people from each of the twelve districts against each other. Sixteen-year-old Katniss volunteers to take her younger sister's place in the games, and despite this act of selflessness, she becomes entirely focused on survival at any cost. The question soon becomes not whether she'll merely survive the competition, but whether she'll lose her humanity in the process.

The Hunger Games have proven to be such a popular book at Marlon Park Public Library that this blog has been created to highlight other books similar to the hunger games that teens may also enjoy.

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Blood Red Road by Moira Young

(464 p., Availiable Through Interlibrary Loan)

This novel is the first in the Dustlands series. In a distant future, 18-year-old Saba lives with her twin brother Lugh, her annoying nine-year-old sister Emmi and her star-watching father, when four horsemen ride into their isolated desert homestead, kill her father and kidnap Lugh. Now, with Emmi trailing after her, Saba sets out across the blasted wasteland of the Sandsea. Eventually, Saba is captured and forced to participate in cage matches for the amusement of the maniacal King Vicar (who styles himself after an ancient portait of Louis XIV), who keeps the populace in his thrall thanks to copious amounts of the chewable drug chaal. Its up to Saba to escape with the help of her new allies--including a handsome and infuriating male warrior named Jack--and rescue Lugh from sacrifice at the hands of the King.


Those who enjoyed The Hunger Games will find much to like in Blood Red Road, which also features a young girl struggling to survive and retain her humanity in the face of a savage future.
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