Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

If you were written into this book, what would your role be, and why?

Catching Fire is the sequel to The Hunger Games. Ever since Katniss Everdeen won the 74th annual Hunger Games along with fellow tribute Peeta Mellark, she has been living in the Victors' Village, with Peeta and District 12's only other victor, Haymitch Abernathy. That is, until it's time for the reaping of the 3rd Quarter Quell. Every 25 years, there is still the annual Hunger Games, but with a twist. For the first Quarter Quell, the districts each voted for which two 12-18 year olds would represent their district in the Hunger Games. For the second Quarter Quell, which is the one that Haymitch won, there was double the amount of tributes, so instead of 24 tributes, (2 from each district) there were 48 tributes. For the 3rd Quarter Quell, all tributes were to be drawn from the existing pool of victors. For District 12, this meant that Katniss was going to be their female tribute, as she was the only female victor in District 12 (there were only ever 4 victors from District 12 in the history of the Hunger Games, and one of them was dead) and either Peeta or Haymitch were going to be the male tribute for District 12.

If I were written into this book, I'd want to be Johanna Mason of District 7, who won her Games by pretending to be weak and scared so no one would pay attention to her, and then hen there were only a few tributes left, she surprised everyone with how well she worked with her axe and killed everyone left in the arena. (Which makes sense because she comes from District 7, which is the district of lumber.) I would want to be Johanna Mason because she is very outspoken and stands up for what she believes in.

-Angela

Girl Gone Viral by Arvin Ahmadi

Would you recommend this book? If so, who would you recommend it to, and why? If not, why not?


I would definitely recommend this book to fans of sci-fi or dystopian novels because this book is in both of those genres. If you enjoyed Ready Player One by Ernest Cline or Warcross by Marie Lu, I think you should definitely pick up this book, because all three books are about futuristic virtual reality worlds.

-Angela

Dealing In Dreams By Lillian Rivera

The gist of this book is more like a future/alternate reality where women have more privilege and female young adults can join "crews" that protect the city from outsiders and keep some order. The main characters are part of the most respected and powerful crew, Las Mal Criadas (LMC). Turns out the ruler of this place, Deése, is a bit controlling and sends the LMC away from the city to investigate a rival crew, the Ashe Ryders, who have been building some momentum and seem to want to overthrow Deése.
Really good book, I would say if you liked the Hunger Games you would really like this.

-Emilia