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The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games: Book 1

by Suzanne Collins

Synopsis

A chilling tale of survival from the New York Times bestselling author.

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 other districts in line by forcing them to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight-to-the-death on live TV.

One boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and sixteen are selected by lottery to play. The winner brings riches and favor tohis or her district. But that is nothing compared to what the Capitol wins: one more year of fearful compliance with its rule. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives alone with her mother and younger sister, regards it as a death sentence when she is forced to represent her impoverished district 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 weigh survival against humanity and life against love.

Acclaimed writer Suzanne Collins, author of the New York Times bestselling Underland Chronicles, delivers equal parts suspense and philosophy, adventure and romance, in this stunning novel set in a future with unsettling parallels to our present.

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Book Information

Copyright year 2008
ISBN-13 9780439023481
ISBN-10 0439023483
Class Copyright
Publisher Scholastic Press
Subject Fiction;Juvenile Fiction
File Size 0 MB
Number of Pages 374
Shelf No. JM219
Grade Range 7-
Ages 12-
Lexile 810L
Curriculums EL Education, Savvas myPerspectives, Louisiana Guidebooks, HMH Into Literature Trademarks