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The Hunger Games is a searing novel set in a future with unsettling parallels to our present. In a dark vision of the near future, The Hunger Games is set in the ruins of a place once known as North America. The cruel Capitol keeps order in its twelve outlying districts by forcing them each to send one boy and girl to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a terrifying reality TV show broadcasting a live fight to the death. Without really meaning to, 16 year old Katniss becomes a contender. But if she is to win, she will have to start making choices that weigh survival against humanity and life against love. Welcome to the deadliest reality TV show ever.
Books in The Hunger Games Series:
1. The Hunger Games
2. Catching Fire
3. Mockingjay
4. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Chosen by our Guest Editor for October 2023, Jennifer Killick, as one of her must-reads: "The premise of The Hunger Games is so perfectly awful and intriguing, and the writing so clever and beautiful that I really think everyone who doesn’t read it is missing out."
Chosen by our Guest Editor, Jacqueline Wilson, as one of her must reads, February 2012: "I don't usually go for blockbuster dystopian stories - but this trilogy is imaginatively conceived and well written and a genuine page-turner. Sixteen year old Katniss takes part in a terrifying annual televised game where teenagers fight for their lives. In our current climate of reality television shows like The X-Factor and I'm a Celebrity, Get me out of Here, this starts to ring horribly true. It's often disturbing, but it certainly will hold the attention of even the most reluctant reader. It's about to be a much-hyped film, so should attract even more attention."
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The Hunger Games Synopsis
The first iconic book in the number one global YA blockbuster Hunger Games series, now sumptuously illustrated by Nico Delort. A must-have addition to the shelves of the series' millions of fans worldwide. This is The Hunger Games as you have never seen it before! Set in a dark vision of the near future, a terrifying reality TV show is taking place. Twelve boys and twelve girls are forced to appear in a live event called The Hunger Games. There is only one rule: kill or be killed. When sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen steps forward to take her younger sister's place in the games, she sees it as a death sentence. But Katniss has been close to death before. For her, survival is second nature. "A violent, jarring, speed-rap of a novel that generates nearly constant suspense. . . . I couldn't stop reading." Stephen King, Entertainment Weekly "I was so obsessed with this book. . . . The Hunger Games is amazing." Stephenie Meyer, author of the Twilight saga "Brilliantly plotted and perfectly paced." John Green, The New York Times Book Review Nico Delort is the celebrated artist of Babel by RF Kuang - their astonishing art is the perfect pairing with Suzanne Collins' iconic world. This book contains 30 pieces of stunning art. The Hunger Games is a major feature film starring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson & Liam Hemsworth The Hunger Games changed the face of global YA. The best-selling prequel to The Hunger Games, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, was a global number one feature film in autumn 2023 and a number one New York Times and The Times bestseller in hardback in May 2020.
About This Edition
| ISBN: |
9781339030609 |
| Publication date: |
1st October 2024 |
| Author: |
Suzanne Collins |
| Illustrator: |
Nico Delort |
| Publisher: |
Scholastic an imprint of Scholastic Inc |
| Format: |
Hardback |
