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An edition of The Hunger Games (2008)

The Hunger Games

  • 4.04 ·
  • 292 Ratings
  • 1726 Want to read
  • 146 Currently reading
  • 442 Have read
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Publisher
Scholastic Press
Language
English
Pages
374

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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 steps forward to take her sister's place in the Games. But Katniss has been close to dead before—and survival, for her, is second nature. Without really meaning to, she becomes a contender. But if she is to win, she will have to start making choices that weight survival against humanity and life against love.

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Edition Availability
Cover of: Hunger Games
Hunger Games
2012-04, Editions France Loisirs
Paperback in French
Cover of: Los juegos del hambre
Los juegos del hambre
2012-03, Oceano Travesía
Paperback in Spanish - Primera edición, Septima reimpresion
Cover of: 饥饿游戏
饥饿游戏: The Hunger Games
2012-06-04, Zuo jia chu ban she
in Chinese
Cover of: Die Tribute von Panem
Die Tribute von Panem: Tödliche Spiele
2012-10, Oetinger Tasenbuch
Paperback in German - 1. Auflage
Cover of: The Hunger Games
The Hunger Games
2012-02, Scholastic Inc.
Paperback in English - Movie Tie-In Edition; first printing
Cover of: Los juegos del hambre
Los juegos del hambre
2010-05, Molino
Paperback in Spanish - Tercera ed.
Cover of: The Hunger Games
The Hunger Games
2009-09, Scholastic Inc.
Paperback in English - First Scholastic paperback printing
Cover of: The Hunger Games
The Hunger Games
2008-10, Scholastic Press
Hardcover in English - First edition
Cover of: The Hunger Games
The Hunger Games
2008-10, Scholastic Press
Hardcover in English - First edition
Cover of: The Hunger Games
The Hunger Games
2008-10, Scholastic Press
Hardcover in English

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Classifications

Library of Congress
PZ7.C6837Hun 2008

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
374p.
Number of pages
374

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL37079411M
ISBN 10
0439023483
ISBN 13
9780439023481
LCCN
2007039987
OCLC/WorldCat
181516677
Goodreads
62100477

Work Description

The Hunger Games is a 2008 dystopian novel by the American writer Suzanne Collins. It is written in the perspective of 16-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives in the future, post-apocalyptic nation of Panem in North America. The Capitol, a highly advanced metropolis, exercises political control over the rest of the nation. The Hunger Games is an annual event in which one boy and one girl aged 12–18 from each of the twelve districts surrounding the Capitol are selected by lottery to compete in a televised battle royale to the death.

The book received critical acclaim from major reviewers and authors. It was praised for its plot and character development. In writing The Hunger Games, Collins drew upon Greek mythology, Roman gladiatorial games, and contemporary reality television for thematic content. The novel won many awards, including the California Young Reader Medal, and was named one of Publishers Weekly's "Best Books of the Year" in 2008.

The Hunger Games was first published in hardcover on September 14, 2008, by Scholastic, featuring a cover designed by Tim O'Brien.

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