The Game
by Monica Hughes The Game is a science fiction novel about a dystopian society that was written long before the current popular dystopian novel series--The Hunger Games, Divergent, The Maze Runner, and Matched. In this novel jobs are scarce due to robots taking over many of the jobs. Children are removed from their families at an early age to attend boarding school. Here they are trained and compete for jobs. Upon graduation job assignments are given, and those who have not received jobs are located to a sector of the city where they live in poverty with minimum government support and maximum government scrutiny. Lisse, the main character, and several classmates who are deemed unemployable band together for survival reasons. At one point they receive an ongoing invitation to participate in a virtual reality game. As Lisse, and her friends progress through the game, it becomes increasingly more challenging. In the end there is an unexpected twist when they discover there is much more to the game than simple entertainment. Although it does not have as much action as the current dystopian novels, it is a fun read. As you read through the novel, you may recognize elements of other more popular dystopian novels.
11 Comments
Austin Ingle
2/8/2015 10:59:12 pm
I would read this book because i like action stories and i like the maze runner, divergent, and the hunger games.
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Dylan Pasker
2/8/2015 11:00:27 pm
i like this blog and i want to read it
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Kristina H.
2/8/2015 11:35:27 pm
This book would be great to read because of how similar it is to maze runner ,divergent,and the hunger games I think it would be a great read.
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Cade Eichmeyer
2/9/2015 02:32:36 am
This book seems like something that I would like, I do not usually read books like this but I have been wanting to start them. I think this would be a great book for me to start with.
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Jack Keuning
2/9/2015 02:35:52 am
This books seems good because if it is anything like Hunger Games I'll love it. It sounds kind of spooky because I would bet the robots have something to do with the "game"
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kaleb higgins
2/9/2015 03:15:31 am
I think this is a good book because it seems very interesting I think it is a good peak for the book
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caitlyn
2/9/2015 03:43:55 am
I love books like this and think it could probably hook me very quickley
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Saje hellstern
2/9/2015 03:45:30 am
I think even by the name it caught my attention. The game sounds cool and later on as I read the blog I was like " hey that sounds like hunger games then i read on if you don't last the game you go into a very pore village its like divergent because there kinda of like the factionless if you you do you get to pick any faction. Also the robots remind me of the solders on Mocking Jay
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Jacob Hayworth
2/11/2015 11:57:01 pm
At first I thought this was a different book called The Game except the other one was by Terry Schott. It was very good because is was a different type of book style and was very interesting.
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Marshall
2/12/2015 02:50:51 am
I think I might like this book because it sounds interesting and has things I like in it, like robots. I like robots.
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CJ
2/12/2015 04:28:22 am
I would like to read this book because its sounds fun.
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AuthorI love working in the middle school library because each day I get to work with wonderful students. In addition, I have access to lots of interesting books. It is always fun to help students connect to books they like, and to talk about what they are reading. Archives
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