The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, Book 1)

The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, Book 1)

By Suzanne Collins

1654 ratings 2485 reviews 2863 followers
Book 1 of 3 in the  The Hunger Games Series
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Grades 6 - 8Grades 10 - 9Z5.399750
Could you survive on your own, in the wild, with everyone out to make sure you don't live to see the morning?

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 is forced to represent her 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.

 

New York Times bestselling author Suzanne Collins delivers equal parts suspense and philosophy, adventure and romance, in this searing novel set in a future with unsettling parallels to our present.

Publisher: Scholastic Press
ISBN-13: 9780439023481
ISBN-10: 0439023483
Published on 9/14/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Number of pages: 384

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The Hunger Games is one of my all time favorite books! As soon as I turned the first page I was immediately intrigued with the blood-chilling setting and the iconic character Katniss. Katniss Everdeen lives in a terrifying world where every year two people from her "region" will be picked to participate in the Hunger Games, a horrifying game in which you have to kill to survive. Katniss ends up participating and throughout the book is an incredible girl to look up to as she continued to go on despite the odds. During this book she fights for love, family, and freedom. This book will make your blood run cold, and will leave you stunned for days. I highly recommend this book to everyone!

very good book

boss boss

i love it lots

oh I love this series a lot I can't stop reading I have each book and I read it, again and again, these books are fun to read and entertaining!

lala lala

good book

This book is definitely one of the best I have ever read and it's a series, which makes it even better. There's tons of suspense and action. May the odds be EVER in your favor!

Arctic cat Arctic cat

OMG best book ever! I am only in fifth grade abit inoproppriate though

It's practically the BEST book I've EVER read. Filled with action and adventure, although if you don't like bloodshed and murder, this is probably not the best book for you... This book is the first book in the series The Hunger Games

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I just started reading it and I love it! Though the beginning is a bit confusing

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