Citation: Collins, S. (2008). The hunger games. Scholastic Press.
Collins, S. (2009). Catching fire. Scholastic Press.
Collins, S. (2010). Mockingjay. Scholastic Press.
Content Warning: Death, violence, child death, alcoholism, death of parent, grief, addiction, and torture.
This hit series is about Katniss and her fight and survival in the Hunger Games, a yearly event that forces 24 children to fight to the death! Katniss just wants to survive and protect her family but to do so she gets thrown into a revolution and a battle much bigger than herself. Full of adventure, heartbreak and love it is a series that recently has been making a comeback through online sites and apps.
Over 10 years ago these books caught the hearts of its teen readers and it still does so with everyone that picks up the series for the first time. A great story to teach the power of standing up and never giving up against all odds.
Check out our review of the prequel, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (2020), here.