The Hunger Games

THIS WAS AMAZING!

The United States of America has collapsed, weakened by drought, fire, famine, and war, to be replaced by Panem, a country divided into the Capitol and 12 districts. Each year, two young representatives from each district are selected by lottery to participate in The Hunger Games. Part entertainment, part brutal intimidation of the subjugated districts, the televised games are broadcasted throughout Panem as the 24 participants are forced to eliminate their competitors, literally, with all citizens required to watch. When 16-year-old Katniss's young sister, Prim, is selected as the mining district's female representative, Katniss volunteers to take her place. She and her male counterpart, Peeta, the son of the town baker who seems to have all the fighting skills of a lump of bread dough, will be pitted against bigger, stronger representatives who have trained for this their whole lives. When rules change Katniss and Peeta partner up in order to survive and with everything out of sorts, Katniss begins to fall for Peeta, but how real are her feelings with all of Panem watching and so much of how they are portrayed determines how much they are helped by sponsers. In the end Katniss is left to figure out how to put her life back together and survive normal life.