The Hunger Games

In the ruins of a future North America lies the nation of Panem — a Capitol and twelve districts. Every year, as a reminder of the Capitol’s control, each district is forced to send two tributes, one boy and one girl aged 12 to 18, to participate in the Hunger Games — a brutal televised battle where only one survivor can return home. When sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen’s younger sister is selected as a tribute, Katniss volunteers to take her place. Suzanne Collins’s gripping, emotionally complex series has sold over 100 million copies worldwide and defined a generation of young adult readers.