One Book, One County - 2012

January 19, 2012 -- Posted by: John

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This year's choice for One Book, One County is The Hunger Games, book 1 in a trilogy by Suzanne Collins.

We are planning a series of events to celebrate this book, including a chance to win tickets to the Hunger Games movie coming out in late March.

The Book

Image: The Hunger Games Cover

Here's a brief overview of the book from Scholastic.com:

Twenty-four are forced to enter. Only the winner survives.

In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. Each year, the districts are forced by the Capitol to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the Hunger Games, a brutal and terrifying fight to the death – televised for all of Panem to see.

Survival is second nature for sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who struggles to feed her mother and younger sister by secretly hunting and gathering beyond the fences of District 12. When Katniss steps in to take the place of her sister in the Hunger Games, she knows it may be her death sentence. If she is to survive, she must weigh survival against humanity and life against love.

And that's just the beginning! Once you start this book, good luck putting it down. And you'll probably want to go right on to the next book in the trilogy, too. In a real page-turner, Collins deftly addresses themes of love, loss, violence, trust, tyranny, hunger, and personal virtue in a post-apocalyptic world set some hundreds of years in the future. Besides being an entertaining story, there's a lot here to contemplate.

The Hunger Games has won multiple awards and was on the New York Times bestseller list for over 100 weeks. A movie of the book, produced by Lion's Gate Films, will be released on March 23, 2012.

The Author

Suzanne Collins is an American author and television writer, who has worked on a number of children's television shows and is the author of the best-selling series, The Underland Chronicles.

The Hunger Games was partly inspired by the Greek myth of Theseus and the Minotaur, the author's interests in writing about the effects of violence on young people, and her experience with her father in the Air Force which helped her to better understand deprivation and war.

The Movie

Here's the trailer from the upcoming movie:

Every BDL library branch will be sending two "tributes" to The Hunger Games movie, one male and one female. Attend any of our book discussions listed below for a chance to win a free movie pass to the Coldwater NCG Cinema that you can use to see The Hunger Games.

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Where to Get the Book

Library Events

We'll be having book discussions at all branches, you're welcome to attend any and all of them. Every BDL library branch will be sending two "tributes" to The Hunger Games movie, one male and one female. Attend any of our book discussions listed below for a chance to win a free movie pass to the Coldwater NCG Cinema that you can use to see The Hunger Games. Attend all six and you'll have six chances to win!

  • Tuesday, March 13 at 6:15pm @ Bronson Branch
  • Thursday, March 15 at 5:00pm @ Sherwood Branch
  • Saturday, March 17 at 10:00am @ Quincy Branch. Hunger Games food at this discussion!
  • Monday, March 19 at 5:00pm @ Union Twp. Branch
  • Wednesday, March 21 at 5:00pm @ Algansee Branch
  • Saturday, March 24 at 11:00am @ Coldwater Branch. Discussion for adults.
  • Monday, March 26 at 4:00pm @ Coldwater Branch. Discussion for Teens

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