The Hunger Games

continues to explore the effects of war and violence on those coming of age. Suzanne lives with her family in Connecticut.



Copyright © 2008 by Suzanne Collins
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    Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
    Collins, Suzanne.
The Hunger Games / by Suzanne Collins. — 1st ed.
p. cm.
Summary: In a future North America, where the rulers of Panem maintain control through an annual televised survival competition pitting young people from each of the twelve districts against one another, sixteen-year-old Katniss’s skills are put to the test when she voluntarily takes her younger sister’s place.
    [1. Survival — Fiction. 2. Television programs — Fiction. 3. Interpersonal relations — Fiction. 4. Contests — Fiction. 5. Science fiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.C6837Hun 2008
[Fic] — dc22
2007039987
    ISBN-13: 978-0-439-02348-1
ISBN-10: 0-439-02348-3
    First edition, October 2008
    Cover art copyright © 2008 by Tim O'Brien
Cover design by Elizabeth B. Parisi & Phil Falco
    e-ISBN: 978-0-545-22993-7
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