The Hunger Games /
by Suzanne Collins.
- 1st ed.
- New York : Scholastic Press, 2008.
- 374 p. ; 22 cm.
- [Hunger Games trilogy] ; bk. 1 .
- Collins, Suzanne. Hunger Games ; bk. 1. .
The tributes -- The games -- The victor.
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.
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