Description:
The most anticipated YA novel of the year! 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.
- Author:
- Collins, Suzanne
- ISBN:
- 9780439023481
- Format:
- Hardcover
- Pages:
- 374
- Publish Date:
- 10/01/2008
- Publisher:
- Scholastic
- Language:
- English
Customer Reviews
One of the best books I've ever read. Make sure to read the sequel "Catching Fire." Am anxiously awaiting the third book in the trilogy! Well worth at any price but enjoyed the value I got through Overstock.
In my opinion, this is the best new YA book of 2009. (And I read a ton of YA books.) It's fresh and suspenseful. The book synopsis does not do it justice. Even if you usually shy away from sci-fi, you will like this one. It has heart.
I have read this book as well as many of my friends from book club. We have all just loved it and raved about it to others. I am getting 2 for different family members who love to read. I can definitely see a movie in the making. Its almost as good as the "Twilight" series. There is violence in the book but would still feel it appropriate for young readers. There is some romance but it is kept to a minumum. There is some kissing. I can't wait for the sequel to come!
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