each district participates in the games, fighting the other tributes to the death. The winning child wins riches and foods for themsleves and their district.Katniss the main character volunteers to go in place of her younger sister to 74th Annual Hunger Games. Will she survive or die? How can she defy the capital? What will happen if she does? These are the questions that will keep you racing through the pages and begging for the sequel, Catching Fire, due out in September.
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