The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, Book 1)

The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, Book 1)

By Suzanne Collins

1652 ratings 2485 reviews 2858 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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.the movie rox!!!!! i cant wait to read the books and see the second movie and then the third!!!! I CANT WAIT!!!

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I reallu love this book. It tells about the movie...lol....And also the characters too. There are pictures in color and infortion about them

This book really caused a reaction in my emotions I like how the actual hunger games went down. Truth be told this book is the best I have ever seen.

This book is amazing!!!!!!! so like wow!!!!! very intense and loving with crys and sighs. i was moved by this love/intense book! You go Suzanne Collins!!! BEST BOOK EVER!!!!!

This book is AWESOME!!!!!!!! i love it. If you like to read about fighting and survival this is is the book for you. I loved it because it had a ton of action. Also there is a little love in the book so bewared. Also i would only recimend this book to people who are 9 and older.

i loved this book. Its so romantic and its so amazing... I felt like I was right there with them... I could taste it.

on chapter 10 i think peeta likes katniss because it says she came here with me to the hunger games

This book is amazing. I kind of got lost in the beggining and put it down but when i picked it back up, I can't stop reading it. It has mystery, romance, drama, and everything else all made into one book. In the end I love it.

I loved this book. The only downside is that there is a lot of physical violence in this book, but that makes it more interesting. Plus I really like the characters in this book.

this book is cool and awesome because i think that it is very mixed up of feelings like actions , comedey , romance, and etc. i suggest reading this book. ppl like it so much. there is movie too. love this book. p.s read the book first

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