Book Review: The Hunger Games

This book is the first in the series, and I love it. It is written by one of my favorite authors: Suzanne Collins. She writes fantasy books which I love a super duper lot. This book she writes is from a person's point of view, which I also love because I can tell his/her (in this book it is a her) personality and what she is thinking. The main character, Katniss Everdeen is a high tempered girl, which keeps it interesting. She lives in the future, when America got divided into thirteen districts. She lives in one of the worst though, they have barely any food and are treated horribly by the Capitol. Two children are chosen randomly to go into the Hunger Games and fight to death until the last one alive wins. Katniss isn't chosen, but her sister is. She volunteers and goes into the Hunger Games.

The beginning is exciting, and grabbed me into the book. She woke up saying it was the day everyone dreaded, and of course I wanted to know what happened in this day. And then when her sister gets chosen, I would think of how she would survive. But instead Katniss is brave and takes her sister's place. I love the character because she is a nice girl, and she doesn't want to be part of it. I have to keep reading because I need to know what happens to her, if she gets hurt, I'll be sad, and if she wins, I will be happy for her. The character and the events keep my reading throughout the whole book.

If you are reading this, you would probably think like I was thinking while I read. She would win, because she is the main character. And there is absolutely nothing wrong with her winning. Since she is the main character, it would be alright if everyone died as long as she won. But instead of just falling in love with her character, the other innocent kids (not all are innocent) that have to die could be her friends. Like Peeta, the boy coming from her District. She doesn't know him, but when her family was starving, he helped her without knowing her, which cost him to be whipped. A super nice guy didn't deserve to be killed! So I needed to know what happened to him! And a girl she befriends who is the age of her sister and reminds her of her sister is in the games with her. If Katniss is friends with her and she reminds Katniss of the little girl she saved, then how can she kill her? All the characters in the book give it a twist, without a happy ending, but it makes it interesting.

I love how the author writes fantasy which is like entering another world. She makes all the characters that should be loved loved, and makes the things Katniss are thinking sound real and deadly. And it never gets boring, one fast event happens after another. One moment you might be crying and the next your face would be pale as you think of the dangers Katniss faces. One important thing though, is why Katniss will win. She has to win because she loves her sister. Katniss needs to win to go back to her sister. But it isn't easy. The one question: Katniss is not strong, not sly, and not clever. All these people have been training for years just to go in the games. Will she win? Can she win? Does she have the heart to defeat all these people? If she does, how can she stand up to their hating parents?


So hurry up and READ THIS BOOK (and all the rest)!!! :)

2011 Canobie Lake Park Trip

Saturday, August 27, 2011: Canobie Lake Park


Today I was super excited! My family, my friend, and I were going to Canobie Lake Park with all the fun rides!! My friend, Jasmine, woke me up at seven a clock, not that I wanted her to. I rubbed my eyes and asked her why she woke me up so early. But minutes later we were jumping on our beds in excitement for the long day ahead. We read a funny book, and got surprised when my sister, Jasmine barged into my room. “Ha! I caught you talking!” she yelled as she pounced onto the bed Jasmine was on. (It is getting confusing with the two Jasmines’, so my sister will be JJ from now on). Jasmine had been there so she would be our tour guide. We were all very excited!

The car ride was super short, especially since all three of us were stuffed together in the back chatting. When we finally got there, I saw a long wooden roller coaster that looked really fun but wiggly and twisting. We all agreed on going to that one, called Yankee Cannonball first. It went up, and up, and up, then (whee!) it zoomed down. It looked super cool to ride! Since we got there twenty minutes early, the line was still short. When we finally got in, I ended up with my dad. I waved to my mom on my way up and I just couldn’t hold my excitement! But on the way down I almost screamed! It was terrifying, racing down at such a high speed with a loose seatbelt. I squeezed my eyes shut and gripped the bar. The roller coaster zoomed down, and when it went up again I flew up in my seat, the feeling was exhilarating, but scary too! We whooshed around some turns then back up and down as my head flew up and down, and the wind threatened to blow me off. I got dizzy at the end, because I hadn’t been on a rollercoaster for years! I couldn’t say it was fun- I was clutching my stomach when I came off, but it was, well, exhilarating. Luckily there were only two more rollercoasters.

The next one was alright, but uncomfortable. It was called the Caterpillar. At first, it didn’t look quite fun. We sat low near the ground. I ended up sitting next to Jasmine (yay!), and I sat on the inside. Well, that was a mistake, which was why it was uncomfortable. It was tilted while spinning, so I kept sliding into her! I kept squashing her, and she kept screaming. So I held onto the side of the cart and tried not to slide into her. A cool tent thing covered us, so it was dark while spinning. I screamed extra loud a couple of times to check my mom’s reaction to my screams when I got out. But, while spinning, it was boring. So Jasmine and I started talking. Finally it stopped, and I screamed one last time. I climbed out happily. It was alright, but there were many more.

Before lunch we went on a couple more. One of them I liked was called Da Vinci’s Dream. We sat in swings and swung around and around high in the air. Whee, it was fun!

 We saw a really creeping one, called the Ultimate Frisbee. There was a huge Frisbee where people sat, and then it swung, and spun quickly. Just looking at it was scary!! And worse, Jasmine wanted to go on it! There was a really fun one, where we sat in a log and went through the water. We climbed up a hill, and down, which brought up a tiny splash. I wanted a bigger one! But I was going to get one right after lunch.

I was walking with my mom to go change into my bathing suit when a huge splash came from nowhere. I couldn’t see anything, it was that big! I screamed in excitement as I got showered and changed extra quick. I couldn’t wait to go on that ride! When I came out, I raced over with Jasmine and JJ to get on. We climbed into a huge seat that was soaking wet! It was a good sign. The seat moved up, and up, and up, until finally, we started to turn. I was nearly hopping in my seat, what was next? And suddenly, we whooshed down for a while and SPLASH! A huge splash filled our seats and soaked us. We all screamed happily and when we got out, we raced to get back in line. Even better, there was no line! We went on and on forever, it was my favorite! So, the Boston Tea Party was my favorite!!

There was a really scary one that Jasmine went on. It was called the Corkscrew, and it had loops twice in a row. But she went on it. It looked super scary but she said it was “fun”, and went on it twice! Finally, it started raining because of hurricane Irene, and we had to leave. I had a super fun day, and it would be super to go again!

News report for the Day!

I am going to give a news report each day, so you can follow along to my life. Today, I walked outside. I saw a frog, not moving at all. So with my camera, the sensible thing to do is take a picture, so I did. I got real close to it too, and thats when I noticed that something was wrong. First, flies were flying around it, and second, it wasn't moving! My mom would have screamed by now-it was dead! Well, it wasn't disgusting. It wasn't squashed, really. If you don't believe me, take a look at the picture, that is, if you dare to.

All right, moving on. So, I was walking in our driveway. And I am glad to tell you, we planted a garden! We have cucumbers (super super good), peas (super super good), beans (super super good), tomatoes (not ripe but probably super super good), and cutworms (super super bad). If you have a garden and your plants are falling over because something bites them right at the surface, it is definitely a cutworm. They do not look anything like worms, they look like orange slugs. My dad found about thirty of them. He loves the garden. We call it his obsession, which is practically true, you can't blame us. And so let me show you our garden:

 Not too small, huh?

The not ripe tomatoes.

Thanks for reading! See you tomorrow!!

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