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The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, Book 1)
By Suzanne Collins
Book 1 of 3 in the
The Hunger Games Series
| Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grades 6 - 8 | Grades 10 - 9 | Z | 5.3 | 99750 |
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
Book Reviews (2387)
This is easily the best book of the year, it's loving tale and endless suspense appealing to both adults and kids. If you haven't read it yet, it's about time you do. 16 year old Katniss Everdeen is a citizen of District Twelve, and even bigger, a citizen of Panem, a country that rose out of the ashes of what used to be North America after a devastating war. Katniss lives in a small Seam house with her semi-absent-minded and shocked mother, and her 12 year old beloved sister, Prim. She takes care of her family, and goes out hunting with her best friend, 18 year old Gale, with snare traps, a bow, and some arrows. Her father died when she was very young in a mine accident. On the day of a reaping for the annual Hunger Games, a deathly competition going on for over seventy years for the entertainment and revenge of the Capitol, her sister is chosen. Katniss takes her place and with Peeta Mellark- a baker's son and the boy tribute from District 12- they head to the Capitol, and then on their journey to certain death. Katniss and Peeta team up, and it seems like she could really win this and return home safely. But when she and Peeta make it closer to the end, she has feelings and thoughts of rebel, and starts her journey through the sequel of The Hunger Games digging up the secrets under the Capitol's rain. But not everyone can survive through the lies.
OMG! i totally loved this book a mix of romance, adventure and suspense. If u havent read it u'll totally love it
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totally awesome saw the movie to me I like the movies better than the books but it was still awesome
This is an amazing book and I love the movie of the book too. 0 0 0 0 0 0
great book read it thank u chris for being honest
I love this book!!!!!!!!!!!! It shows what the charictar is feeling and the background of the movie.Its way different then the movie!!!!!!! If u liked the movie than i recemend it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It was THE BEST!!! I LOVED IT!!!
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In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. Long ago the districts waged war on the Capitol and were defeated. As part of the surrender terms, each district agreed to send one boy and one girl to appear in an annual televised event called, "The 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. The terrain, rules, and level of audience participation may change but one thing is constant: kill or be killed.