To tell you the truth, I have never actually read this book. But I am now. BTW: I like spoilers, I don't know why?
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 a really great book. Honestly,i I never actually thought that I'd like this book, because everybody is reading it. Usually I like the books that no one is really reading. But this one was super awesome. This one is about this dystopic world where there are different groups or sections our whatever you want to call them. Anyways, Katniss' sister gets chosen to go into the Hunger Games. But Katniss can't let her sister do that. So she takes her sister's place. First, she goes to the capitol, where she and the boy who was chosen from her 'group', named Peter(i think) , have to pretend to be in love. But Katniss can't help thinking about what's going to happen in the arena, where they have to fight to the death. Will Katniss survive? Who knows. Well, actually, I do, because I read the book. But whatever. Find out who wins in the Hunger Games!!!!
Wow. Even you like it. I might need to read this.
This is one of the best books I've ever read!
A wonderful book! The first book in the Hunger Games trilogy. Katniss volunteers in the Hunger Games to replace her sister. There is only one rule in the Games : kill, or be killed.
i love it
this book was very entertaining and it was very fun to read! I have to say, Suzanne Collins is a very good writer!
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This is one of the best books I have ever read! I certainly would recommend to those kids that like reading books taking place in a futuristic settings. If you know your one of them, you should definitely read this book!
this book is great the end is the best part hint two people survive cant say who but district twelve has a surviver or more watch the movie if you like to find things out fast enjoy!!!!!!!!!
This is one of my favorite books!
This book is set some where in the future, where war and other natural disasters have taken their toll, leaving behind ashes, destruction and the birth to a new country called Panem, where the people have finally sworn to live in peace with out war; they swore as a nation, to live in peace and harmony. It was a country with 13 Districts surrounding a shining Capitol. Then came the Dark Days, when all the districts rebelled against the Capitol, leading to the loss of more lives of the people of the Districts and war. Finally, the Capitol won, and the Districts were mutilated, and District 13 was completely destroyed. But the Capitol didn't stop there, they also started the cruel practice of the Hunger Games, where all the twelve districts were forced to send one boy and one girl from the ages 12 to 18 to participate in the Hunger Games, (a reminder that how the districts are in the mercy of the Capitol) where the children are sent to a public arena to fight to the death on live TV! Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives alone with her mother and sister, regards it as a death sentence when she steps forward to take her sister's place in the Games. Soon, without really meaning to, she becomes a contender. But will she win in a place with more larger and well-trained children than her? This book has equal proportions of romance, mystery, suspense, philosophy and adventure, in this brilliantly written novel. If you like science fiction, you sure will like the Hunger Games!