The Hunger Games

This is the book I read. The Hunger Games is about a girl named Katniss Everdeen who lives in one of the thirteen districts run by the Capitol, with each district representing something. There was a TV event created called the Hunger Games, where two people (one boy and one girl) from each of the twelve districts would fight to the death to remind the districts that they shouldn't try to rebel against the Capitol. Before the games, to pick the male and female contestants, names get put into a glass ball and one is picked . On the day of the Reaping, which is what they call the day the contestants are picked for the Hunger Games, Katniss's sister, Primrose, is picked, and she volunteers to take her sister's place in the hunger Games. The male contestant was Peeta Mellark. During the interviews that happened before the games, Peeta admits that he has a crush on Katniss, and that sets a tone for their stylist, Cinna. He presents them with all black clothing with flames that are fake streaming off the back of the clothes. Katniss and Peeta get the nickname the "Star Crossed Lovers". Over the course of the games, many of the contestants die at the hands the pack of contestants called the "Careers" and in the middle of the games, a rule is added that the male and female contestants from each district can form a  team, so there could be two winners. In the end, Katniss and Peeta manage to take out the last contestant left and they are the only two left. The rule about there being two winners is taken away, and Katniss notices that Peeta is too injured to fight, so she comes up with a plan where they would both swallow berries that would kill them both so there wouldn't be any winners, but just before they swallow the berries, the rule about the two winners is put back into play, and District 12 wins their third Hunger Games. When they get back from  the battlefield, Haymitch (the only other District 12 winner that is still alive) tells Katniss that the Capitol didn't find that whole "stunt" very amusing, and that they think it might spark a rebellion, so now Katniss has to be careful. This book has 374 pages in it.

By:

John Mixner