The Hunger Games

Collins, Suzanne. The Hunger Games. NY: Scholastic Press, 2008. 

ISBN:978-0-439-02352-8  |Paperback  | 374 pages  | $8.99 USD. 

Awards: 

Publishers Weekly's "Best Books of the Year" 2008

The New York Times "Notable Children's Book of 2008

2009 winner of the Golden Duck Award

2008 Cybil Winner for fantasy and science-fiction books

School Library Journal's Best Books 2008

Booklist Editors' Choice 2008

2011 California Young Reader Medal

The Hunger Games are held once a year, forcing former rebel states to send a girl and boy “tribute” to fight to the death.  Katiss has taken her sister’s place in the deadly game where the only rule is to stay alive at any cost.  Does she have the courage and the strength to win the hunger games? Collins, Suzanne. The Hunger Games. NY: Scholastic Press, 2008.