The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, Book 1)

The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, Book 1)

By Suzanne Collins

1655 ratings 2486 reviews 2868 followers
Book 1 of 3 in the  The Hunger Games Series
Interest LevelReading LevelReading A-ZATOSWord Count
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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omg I cant wait to finish it I want to watch the movie too

this book is so sad but i like it i think it is aswome it rock

I want to read this book because I like reading suspenseful books a lot. My friend has read this book and he tells me it is great!!

this is creepy but cool

sophknuts sophknuts

I thought this book was great as well! i started crying when she volunteered! I was never able to put the book down!! I'm glad you also liked it as much as me! I love how it leaves you hanging when you have to take a break from the book! :)

This book, The Hunger Games is so awesome! It's about a girl named Katniss that fights to the death in a yearly competition called The Hunger Games. It's very suspenseful and gory but still very good! I have now read the whole series! From the first chapter i could I couldn't stop reading!

This is an amazing fast paced book that good for people age 9+. I enjoy reading this book, because Katniss is great at surviving and helping peeta. I feel bad because she lost Rue.

BEST BOOK EVER! I am on the second one now!

bslicey1 bslicey1

This is a great Book its awsome!

If anyone is thinking should I read this or watch the movie, read the book! It is an amazing book and I highly recommend it.

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