May the Odds be Ever in Your Favor!
Title: The Hunger Games ( The Hunger Games Series #1) Author: Suzanne Collins Copyright: 2008 Publisher: Scholastic Inc. Guided Reading Level: Z Genre: Science Fiction Summary: This thrilling novel is focused around a young and fierce Katniss Everdeen, a 16 year old girl who volunteers as a tribute for her younger sister Prim to fight to the finish in the 74th "Hunger Games". In the "Hunger Games" two tributes from each of the 12 Districts in a dystopic country called "Panem" in North America must fight to stay alive. Only one of the twenty-four tributes in each of the 73 games before has won. Katniss grew up in District 12, the poorest district of them all. After her father died a few years before this novel takes place, Katniss became the family provider. Not only is it because of this and her strength, but it's Katniss's sheer love for her younger sister that entices her to volunteer - with the intention to fight to the ...