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The Hunger Games

Author: Suzanne Collins
Publisher: New York : Scholastic Press, 2008.
Edition/Format:   Book : Fiction : Secondary (senior high) school : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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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.
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Genre/Form: Young adult fiction
Juvenile fiction
Fiction
Material Type: Fiction, Secondary (senior high) school
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Suzanne Collins
ISBN: 9780439023528 0439023521 9780439023481 0439023483 9780545310581 054531058X
OCLC Number: 181516677
Awards: Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2009
Description: 374 p. ; 22 cm.
Contents: The tributes --
The games --
The victor.
Responsibility: by Suzanne Collins.

Abstract:

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.
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The Hunger Games

by janebaird (WorldCat user published 2010-03-17) Excellent Permalink

Gr 7 Up In a not-too-distant future, the United States of America has collapsed, weakened by drought, fire, famine, and war, to be replaced by Panem, a country divided into the Capitol and 12 districts. Each year, two young representatives from each district are selected by lottery to participate...
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The Hunger Games

by c1c1b3an (WorldCat user published 2010-07-22) Excellent Permalink

THE HUNGER GAMES is the best book I have read in a long time. People who are hesitant to read this- (like I was) do not fear. THE HUNGER GAMES will make many people with various tastes satisfied. Suzanne Collins has truly struck gold on this series.

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A good start from the author of Gregor the Overlander.

by PYEsinc (WorldCat user published 2011-09-20) Good Permalink

The Hunger Games was a good way to start a trilogy, and it was intriguing and thrilling, but once I got into it, I realized it was beginning to get a little boring, and the plot was a little too complex for my mind to handle (my motivation, in vain, was, "It's a freaking book.  You can...
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