The Hunger Games (Film Adaptation)

At the beginning of this section, I promised you, the readers, stories about movies. Well the time has now come to fruition. I saw the Hunger Games on Sunday and found it a perfect adaptation of the book with only one or two slight differences. The movie takes place in a not-so-distant future in the country of Panem. Where President Snow rules unchallenged, peace-keepers keep the law upheld but abuse their power, and every one of the twelve districts must offer up one boy and one girl between the ages of 12-18 to compete in the Hunger Games. A sadistic competition that pits kids against each other in a fight to the death until one person stands last. Katniss, a loving sister that hates the capitol, volunteers to take Prim's place in the games. She gets sent to the capitol along with the male from her district, Peeta. She experiences the wastefulness in the Capitol and is appalled that they eat so much and the districts eat so little. She wears a dress on fire made from Cinna, her only true friend from the capitol. She enters the Hunger Game's Arena. Read the book to find out the rest. This will be my last article for CMS and it has been an honor. Until we meet again, Happy Hunger Games.

Heores of Olympus Book Two: Sons of Neptune

My Book of the Month for February should come as no surprise. The Percy Jackson series has always been a personal favorite, behind the Harry Potter series. I was thrilled to learn that Rick Riordan was continuing the series. The Lost Hero was the first book in the second half of the Percy Jackson Series called The Heroes Of Olympus. That book was phenomenal and raised many new questions of which few were answered in the second book called Sons of Neptune. I do not want to give too much away, but there is a Roman Camp filled with demi-gods as well. Thantos the god of death is missing and the dead will not stay dead. So how will Percy and his Roman counter-parts free the god of death who is surrounded by monsters that will not die. To find out how and read the book, buy it, borrow it, check it out at your local library.

January Book of the Month Jaguar Stones Book 1: Middle World

Middle World is a fantastic book. It is Harry Potter, Percy Jackson and Indiana Jones all mixed into one. The story is based on Mayan mythology. It follows the same path as the Percy Jackson series did, however, no one is a demi-god. It is about a boy named Max. He is a spoiled,brat of a child. He gets pampered by his mother and over looked by his father. He gets frustrated because his parents miss almost every moment of his life because they are archeologists. max says they spend more time with the dead Mayan civilization then with their own son. One day, he is supposed to go to a brat camp called Camp Wilderness, when his maid, Zita, gives him a ticket to San Xavier, where his parents are. He arrives in San Xavier only to arrive in the monsoon season. He goes to his estranged Uncle and learns that his father and mother are missing. Strange mysteries, a girl named Lola and the Jaguar Stones await him. Check it out in the library, written by Jon Voelkel.