![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s hard to say whether Battle Royale is a YA novel or not. The bells are ringing now, aren’t they? One very important thing to note is that Battle Royale was published in Japan in 1999, then translated to English in 2003–many years prior to Collins’s Hunger Games. The two works are similar in a lot of ways, but their differences make for a much more interesting discussion… The conceit of both novels is nearly the same: Teens forced by a brutal totalitarian regime to kill one another while the public is helpless to do anything about it. Ring any bells? The reason why I’m bringing this up is because Battle Royale and The Hunger Games are cut from the same cloth. If you aren’t familiar with Battle Royale by Koushun Takami, then you might be familiar with its American counterpart, The Hunger Games. ![]()
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