The Hunger Games (Hunger Games, Book One)

Suzanne Collins

Scholastic Inc., Sep 1, 2009 - Young Adult Fiction - 384 pages

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 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 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 death before-and survival, for her, is second nature. Still, if she is to win, she will have to start making choices that weigh survival against humanity and life against love.

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About the author

Suzanne Collins is the author of the groundbreaking Hunger Games trilogy for young adults: The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, and Mockingjay. She is also the author of the picture book Year of the Jungle, a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year, and the New York Times bestselling Underland Chronicles series for middle-grade readers, which started with Gregor the Overlander. Suzanne lives with her family in Connecticut. You can find her online at suzannecollinsbooks.com.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Hunger Games (Hunger Games, Book One); Hunger Games
• Author: Suzanne Collins
• Publisher: Scholastic Inc., 2009
• ISBN: 0545229936, 9780545229937
• Length: 384 pages
• Subjects: Young Adult Fiction / Action & Adventure / Survival Stories; Young Adult Fiction / Dystopian; Young Adult Fiction / Social Themes / Physical & Emotional Abuse