Cricket Readers Recommend

In The Hunger Games kids are put up against each other to battle to the death for public entertainment.  It is full of suspense.  Every time one challenge is solved, there is a new one to make you want read more.  Suspense builds throughout the book, lasting further than the end.  Katniss (the main character) learns more about herself than she ever imagined.  It made me wonder what living her life would be like.