Hunger Games

The Hunger Games

by Suzanne Collins

Katniss lives in a futuristic dystopia where "The Capitol" keeps the outlying districts under control by forcing each of them to send two teenagers to compete in the annual Hunger Games - a big-time TV production of a survival fight to the death. The teens must fight each other as well as the elements, which are controlled by the game handlers. If they are lucky and have been appealing on the pregame interviews, they will have sponsors who will send them supplies to help them survive. Lots of suspense, some romance, and plenty of big questions about government control, make this survival tale by the author of the popular Gregor the Overlander series a real page-turner. -- recommended by Mary L. - Walt Branch Library

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Staff Recommendation - The Entertainer and the Dybbuk

The Entertainer and the Dybbuk

by Sid Fleischman

This is a different kind of ghost story with a different kind of ghost - a dybbuk, a Jewish spirit. This dybbuk is the ghost of a 12 year old Holocaust victim who takes up residence in the body of Freddie, an unwilling American veteran who is living in post WWII Europe and supporting himself as a ventriloquist. The dybbuk helps Freddie improve his act in return for assistance in hunting down the former SS officer who killed him and his sister. - A chilling yet humorous tale. -- recommended by Mary L. - Walt Branch Library

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