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The Hunger Games

by Suzanne Collins (2008)

About this book

In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a televised fight to the death.

Setting / LocationPanem (District 12 & The Capitol)
Story EraDystopian Future
Protagonist / CoreKatniss Everdeen

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