Katniss is a 16-year-old girl living with her mother and younger sister in the poorest district of Panem, the remains of what used be the United States. 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.” The terrain, rules, and level of audience participation may change but one thing is constant: kill or be killed. When Katnisse's sister is chosen by lottery, Katniss steps up to go in her place.
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 (2394)
Wow i love this book it is about survival skill and killing may be to old for younger kids GO ON AND READ IT !!!
It's all about death, skill, and survival. It's awesome! You will love it too. I'm trying to get the 2nd book but I can't find it. But it will be awesome!
Im going to be honest, this book does not seem that intresting to me. The whole fighting to the death thing isn't all that intriguing to me. Im going to watch the movie anyway. If i like it then i may read it...
i really want to read it i have seen the commercials and it looks very intresting i really waant to see the movie but i have to read the book first i would reccomend this book my friend recommened it to me and to,d me a little bit and so far it sounds really good i hope u will think about please read it
im DIEING to finish the hunger games ......did i meantion that theres a movie coming out???????;) Im going to read all the books
read this book because i love it and you will love this to i just took me at least 24 hours to read it so read it!!!
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OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!! love all the books how does she write so well i wish i was katniss read the whole series yo
I have the whole trilogy!! it was forth fifty one dollars but it was worth it!! I heart Suzanne Collins books!!
My brother was reading this book and kept chuckling so I read this book and it became my very most favorite book.