Annotation
Katniss is a 16-year-old girl living with her mother and younger sister in the poorest district of Panem, the remains of what used be the United States. 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." The terrain, rules, and level of audience participation may change but one thing is constant: kill or be killed. When Kat's sister is chosen by lottery, Kat steps up to go in her place.
Awards
2009 Teen Buckeye Book Award
2009 American Library Association Notable Books for Children
2008 Publishers Weekly Best Books of the Year
2010-2011 California Young Reader Medal
2010 Beehive Young Adults' Book Award
2010 Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award
2010 Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award
2011 Evergreen Young Adult Book Award
2010-2011 SCASL Book Award (South Carolina)
2009-2010 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award
2009-2010 Maine Student Book Award
2010 Nevada Young Reader's Award
2010-2011 Black-Eyed Susan Book Award
2010 Bluegrass Award
2010 New York State Charlotte Award
2010-2011 Land of Enchantment Book Award
2011 Garden State Teen Book Award
2011 Rebecca Caudill Young Reader's Book Award
2011 Sequoyah Book Award
2008 School Library Journal Best Books of the Year
2010-2011 Young Hoosier Book Award
2011 Young Reader's Choice Award
2011 Golden Archer Award (Wisconsin)
2010-2011 Golden Sower Award
Characters
| Name | Everdeen, Katniss |
| Gender | Female |
| Name | Mellark, Peeta |
| Gender | Male |
| Genre | Young adult fiction Adventure --Survival Action Science fiction Dystopia |
| Topics | Television programs Good vs. evil Death Games Poverty Future of Earth Dystopias Post-apocalyptic society Emotions Government corruption Tournaments Survival Pop culture Totalitarianism |
| Series | ||
| Hunger games | ||
| 1 | The Hunger games | |
| 2 | Catching fire | |
| 3 | Mockingjay | |