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Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen regards it as a death sentence when she is forced to represent her district in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV. But Katniss has been close to death before-and survival, for her, is second nature. The Hunger Games is a searing novel set in a future with unsettling parallels to our present. Welcome to the deadliest reality TV show ever...

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.

Dans un futur post-apocalyptique, sur les ruines des Etats-Unis, un jeu télévisé est créé pour contrôler le peuple par la terreur, les Hunger Games.Chaque année, douze garçons et douze filles tirés au sort participent à cette sinistre télé-réalité. Une seule règle dans l'arène : survivre, à tout prix. Quand sa petite soeur est appelée pour participer aux Hunger Games, Katniss n'hésite pas une seconde. Elle prend sa place, consciente du danger.

A revolution is unfolding and everyone has had a hand in the plans, except Katniss...