Hunger
By Michael Grant
590 Pages
Published by Harper Teen
★★★★
By Em
I have found a new series to go on my favorites. These are just great! It really gets you thinking about how children think. How would you rebuild society? I mean, you get to see kids fix problems that adults had to deal with a long time ago. It's just cool. Reminds me of Mel's and my social studies teacher's Living Through History project. We had to build our own government. Mel was Secretary of State, I was Secretary of War! That's right. They let Emma work with the army. Probably not a smart thing to do.
So, it has been three months since all of the adults disappeared. The kids are running out of food and living on cans of gravy and hot dog relish. And pigeons. More and more people are developing mutations, and those without them are become rebellious. And what else could happen? The Darkness is still at large, manipulating people to do it's bidding. Sam is becoming stressed, and the whole community seems to be falling apart.
I don't think I mentioned this in my Gone review, but these books are not for the faint at heart. There are some seriously disturbing parts to these stories. School Library Journal's review of this books even said, "Like Gone, this novel is not for the ...weak of stomach." I couldn't agree more. Now, I'm a rather tough chica, but there are definitely people (cough cough, Cassidy) that I wouldn't recommend these to.
The one part of this book that I didn't like was Lana. I didn't even really like her in Gone either. I tended to skip any part with her point of view. Most of the time, I felt like a parent could use her chapters as an example for little children. "This is the reason we don't do drugs!" I mean, was she using drugs, no. But they way she was through most of her chapters, it sure did sound like it. And that seriously bugged me. I like Patrick, but not Lana. She never really seems to do anything productive.
Mr. Grant also gave me a serious scare. I thought I had lost my favorite character for a minute, and that is a terrifying experience for me. Thankfully, he is okay. I won't say who it is, since I don't want to spoil anything, but it got me into my freak out mode.
What I did enjoy- Sam's touch of craziness. We all know that Emma enjoys realism in stories, and anyone in Sam's position would go a little crazy. He's the point of view that I most enjoy reading, because he knows what he is talking about. Having children starve and die under your watch, while everyone keeps asking you why you aren't fixing things, will make you go a little insane. And the fact that people ask him if they can watch PG13 movies or who gets to have which "special towel". It's hard to be the leader of a bunch of kids.
I also found the whole battle thing at the power plant rater exciting. Once again, I won't say to much and spoil things, but it was a rather interesting battle that took up a lot of the book. And the constant switching of sides with some of the characters amused me. Come on, pick a side already!
Now, one thing I can guarantee, is that the rest of the series will end up on this blog. No question. I can't wait to read the next one. Don't know when I'll have time to (I have a long list), but excited none the less.I also can't wait for Mel's review of Gone. It's on her bookshelf, if no one happened to notice. I think she'll like it! I know I did!
So, it has been three months since all of the adults disappeared. The kids are running out of food and living on cans of gravy and hot dog relish. And pigeons. More and more people are developing mutations, and those without them are become rebellious. And what else could happen? The Darkness is still at large, manipulating people to do it's bidding. Sam is becoming stressed, and the whole community seems to be falling apart.
I don't think I mentioned this in my Gone review, but these books are not for the faint at heart. There are some seriously disturbing parts to these stories. School Library Journal's review of this books even said, "Like Gone, this novel is not for the ...weak of stomach." I couldn't agree more. Now, I'm a rather tough chica, but there are definitely people (cough cough, Cassidy) that I wouldn't recommend these to.
The one part of this book that I didn't like was Lana. I didn't even really like her in Gone either. I tended to skip any part with her point of view. Most of the time, I felt like a parent could use her chapters as an example for little children. "This is the reason we don't do drugs!" I mean, was she using drugs, no. But they way she was through most of her chapters, it sure did sound like it. And that seriously bugged me. I like Patrick, but not Lana. She never really seems to do anything productive.
Mr. Grant also gave me a serious scare. I thought I had lost my favorite character for a minute, and that is a terrifying experience for me. Thankfully, he is okay. I won't say who it is, since I don't want to spoil anything, but it got me into my freak out mode.
What I did enjoy- Sam's touch of craziness. We all know that Emma enjoys realism in stories, and anyone in Sam's position would go a little crazy. He's the point of view that I most enjoy reading, because he knows what he is talking about. Having children starve and die under your watch, while everyone keeps asking you why you aren't fixing things, will make you go a little insane. And the fact that people ask him if they can watch PG13 movies or who gets to have which "special towel". It's hard to be the leader of a bunch of kids.
I also found the whole battle thing at the power plant rater exciting. Once again, I won't say to much and spoil things, but it was a rather interesting battle that took up a lot of the book. And the constant switching of sides with some of the characters amused me. Come on, pick a side already!
Now, one thing I can guarantee, is that the rest of the series will end up on this blog. No question. I can't wait to read the next one. Don't know when I'll have time to (I have a long list), but excited none the less.I also can't wait for Mel's review of Gone. It's on her bookshelf, if no one happened to notice. I think she'll like it! I know I did!
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