• The Hunger Games

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    The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, Book 1)
    Suzanne Collins
    Scholastic Press, 2008
    Science Fiction
    ISBN: 0439023483
    384 pages
    Awards

    Synopsis

    Katniss lives in the dystopian future, where America has been sectioned into 12 different districts. District 12, where she lives, is the mining district, and other than the difficulty of hunting outside the perimeter to catch food for her mother and sister her life is generally fine. However, the selection for the Hunger Games is about to begin, and when her sister is chosen to be a participant, Katniss steps in to take her place. Now she must fight to the death with 23 other tributes in a televised game, and even her hunting and tracking skills may not be enough to keep her alive.

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