Description
In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives alone with her mother and younger sister, regards it as a death sentence when she steps forward to take her sister's place in the Games. But Katniss has been close to dead before—and survival, for her, is second nature. Without really meaning to, she becomes a contender. But if she is to win, she will have to start making choices that weight survival against humanity and life against love.
Available Editions
hardcover
Scholastic Press
Published Jan 1, 2008
374 pages
ISBN: 9780439023481
paperback
Unknown
Published Jan 1, 2021
382 pages
ISBN: 9785171338671
Reviews
7 ratings
Community Reviews(2)
definitely appreciate this book more now than when I was younger
when suzanne collins first thought of the hunger games, she was channel surfing and was in a feedback loop clicking back and forth between the invasion of iraq and a reality tv competition. she said the two blended together in an unsettling way. which is an understatement. the haunting parallels of then versus today when i started my reread are nauseating and unbearably accurate.
Details
First Published
2008
Language
eng
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Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins.