The Hunger Games

In the nation of Panem, the Capitol rules twelve oppressed districts by staging an annual televised fight to the death. The Hunger Games, the first volume of the Untitled series, forces each district to send one boy and one girl as tributes. This young adult fiction dystopian novel centers on sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who volunteers to take her sister’s place in the brutal competition.

Katniss has survived hardship before, but the Games demand impossible choices between survival and compassion, humanity and love. In a high-stakes action adventure set against a backdrop of social themes and physical abuse, she must navigate alliances, danger, and the watchful eyes of a voyeuristic audience. Suzanne Collins weaves a survival story that explores resistance and the cost of defiance.