The Hunger Games
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 her sister is chosen by lottery, Katniss steps up to go in her place.
Publishers Weekly's 'Best Books of the Year' (2008); The New York Times 'Notable Children's Book' (2008); Winner of the Golden Duck Award in the Young Adult Fiction Category (2009); 'Cybil Winner' (2008) for fantasy and science-fiction books (along with The Graveyard Book); School Library Journal's 'Best Books 2008'; 'Booklist Editors' Choice' (2008); 'California Young Reader Medal' (2011).
About the Hunger Games Series
Books in series order
- 1.The Hunger Games(2008)
- 2.Catching Fire(2009)
- 3.Mockingjay(2010)
- +Sunrise on the Reaping(2025)
- +The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes(2020)
Reading age: 12+ years
This series should be read in order.
Set in a dark vision of the near future, a terrifying reality TV show is taking place. Twelve boys and twelve girls are forced to appear in a live event called The Hunger Games. There is only one rule: kill or be killed. When sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdee steps forward to take her younger sister's place in the games, she sees it as a death sentence. But Katniss has been close to death before. For her, survival is second nature.