The Hunger Games

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Author: Suzanne Collins
Material Type: Book
Category: science fiction
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Summary:

In a future North America, where the rulers of Panem maintain control through an annual televised survival competition pitting young people from each of the twelve districts against one another, sixteen-year-old Katniss's skills are put to the test when she voluntarily takes her younger sister's place.

Did you know? The Hunger Games is the first book of a trilogy that also includes Catching Fire and Mockingjay. The books are being made into movies which will open starting in 2012.