In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. 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," 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. The terrain, rules, and level of audience participation may change but one thing is constant: kill or be killed.

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Kat is a 16 year old in a post apocalyptic North America, she has a younger sister named
Primrose and they do their best to survive each day with their mother. Her father died in a tragic
mining accident, and she had to step into the role of provider at an early age. Using the hunting
skills he taught her, she spends most of her days hunting illegally in the woods for meat and other
forms of sustenance. Not so bad right?
Wrong. The real tragedy is the regime that they live under, a terrifying monolithic monarchy known
as The Capitol. The Capitol is in the center of 13 different districts (12 of them inhabited) that are
ruled under the iron hand dictatorship. The districts are doled out food and supplies as the Capitol
sees fit, and they are kept in near destitute conditions to ensure that they remain culled and
controllable. The most atrocious actions of the Capitol take place once per year, when they host
"The Hunger Games".
A competition that forces each district to submit a boy and a girl between the age of 12-18 to a
barbaric contest. They are taken to an arena of gargantuan proportions, and there they are pitted
against each other in a battle of mortal combat, survival, and keen intellect. The boy or girl who out
survives the others garners favor for his or her district. The Capitol allocates special food stuffs
and supplies for that next year to all the peoples of the victor's homeland.
Suzanne Collins' writing is simple yet powerfully thought provoking. There are only a handful of
books that I have ever read that made me as nervous as Hunger Games did. Katniss is submitted
to the games, and she must kill and outsmart her peers from the other districts in order to survive.
THIS BOOK IS THE FEMALE EQUIVALENT TO ENDER'S GAME. Some of you may understand
my feelings towards Orson Scott Card's masterpiece, and if you do, you know what an immense
compliment I just bestowed on Suzanne Collins. This is a must read scenario people. Go get a
copy, or I will loan you mine. (I promise that if my children want to escape my wrath, they will read
Ender's Game and NOW Hunger Games)
Chad de Lisle is a newly married college student in Utah. He spends much of his day with his wife
Hilary and their dog Bobby Dylan. He spends his weekends as a Dungeon Master for his friend's
Dungeon's and Dragon's games.
His website: http://www.resmirch.com
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