Collins, Suzanne.

The hunger games / Suzanne Collins. - First edition - New York : Scholastic Press, 2008. - 374 pages ; 22 cm.

The first book of The Hunger Games trilogy.

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.

A Junior Library Guild selection

ISBN: 9780439023481 (hardcover : alk. paper) : 0439023483 (hardcover : alk. paper) : 9780545626385 (pbk.) 9780439023528 (pbk.) 0439023521 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2007039987

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Survival
Television programs
Interpersonal relations
Contests
Futurism (Literary movement)

LC Class. No.: PZ7.C6837 / Hun 2008

Dewey Class. No.: [Fic]