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The Hunger Games

Hopefully you all know about the book The Hunger Games. If you haven’t read it you have most likely heard about it from all your friends who have read it or have seen the movie trailer, which I must add I am so excited to see. If you haven’t heard of it and are sitting there at home wondering, “Just tell us what it’s about already!” I say to you, “Fine! I will tell you all about this fantastic book.

This book is about politics (not the boring type, if there is such a thing), friendship, battles to the death (not for the faint of heart or stomach), the odds of actually surviving a battle to the death in a rigged arena, and other stuff like that. North America was taken over and split into 13 districts, one of which was destroyed but that isn’t important until the second book, that are controlled by the Capital and  President Snow who is creepy and evil. So each year one boy and one girl between the ages of 12 and 18 are chosen from a draw to represent their district in the Hunger Games. The main character, Katniss (funny name, I know), volunteers to take her younger sisters place to fight for her life for the Capitals amusement. I cannot tell you anymore or I may just ruin it! This is the best book I ever read and the other two are up there too. Yes, it’s a trilogy but a amazing one!

~Gaelan Bergstrom

My “ Epic” Family Trip

Over the summer my sister, my dad, my step-mom, and I  all went on a family trip to “The Big Sky State”, Montana, with 13 other members of my step-mom’s family. My step-mom’s dad and her own an Upland Bird hunting and Fly fishing ranch. The ranch is located on 5,200 acres of beautiful scenery. I personally was kind of scared because of the rattle snakes, but I fortunately never actually encountered one. I also thought, “wow, I’m gonna be bored outta my mind!,” but there was always something that I could be doing, like fishing in the two ponds, or driving the ATV’s around the property.

Probably the most epic thing we did was go Horseback riding through Yellowstone National Park. The reason I describe this as epic was because of how goofy everybody looked! My little sister, Kinsey, got an old, blind mule horse named Opal, who was partially deaf and blind in one eye. My dad, also had a mule. What was funny about that is that mules aren’t as big as horses, so my dad sitting on that mule was like Shaquille O’neil riding a miniature pony. My dad’s mule also had stripes on its legs, like a zebra! My horse wasn’t dysfunctional or funny looking like my dad or sisters’ mules because I had an actual horse, named Bear. Bear was good for the most part, but he was mean. Bear kept bucking and trying to kick my grandpa’s horse. My grandpa’s horse was probably one of the funniest things though. His horse had googly eyes and was actually called “Crazy Horse”.

Over all, my family had a very “interesting” trip and we look forward to doing it again next summer!

~William Ratchelous