04091cam a2200733 i 4500 345719078 TxAuBib 20081002120000.0 071102s2008||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2007039987 9780439023481 $18.99 0439023483 $18.99 9780545425117 0545425115 9780545310581 lib. bdg. 054531058X lib. bdg. (OCoLC)181516677 TxAuBib rda eng eng Collins, Suzanne. The Hunger Games / by Suzanne Collins. Hunger games, The. 1st ed. New York : Scholastic Press, 2008. New York : Scholastic Press, 2008. (Printed in the U.S.A.). 374 pages ; 22 cm. 374 p. ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier [Hunger Games trilogy] ; ; 1 [Hunger Games trilogy ; 1 "Book design by Phil Falco"--t.p. verso. The tributes -- The games -- The victor. 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. 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. Long ago the districts waged war on the Capitol and were defeated. As part of the surrender terms, each district agreed to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to appear in an annual televised event called, "The Hunger Games," a fight to the death on live TV. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives alone with her mother and younger sister, regards it as a death sentence when she is volunteers to take her sister's place in the Games. The terrain, rules, and level of audience participation may change but one thing is constant: kill or be killed. But Katniss has been close to death before, and survival for her, is second nature. Without really meaning to, she becomes a contender. But if she is to win, she will have to start making choices that weigh survival against humanity and life against love. Here the author explores the effects of war and violence on those coming of age. -- From book jacket. Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning MG 5.3 15. Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning MG 5.3 15. 20190916. A Junior Library Guild selection; ALA Best Books for Young Adults, 2009; ALA Notable Children's Books for Older Readers, 2009; Horn Book Fanfare List, 2009; Booklist Editor's Choice, 2009. Donated to the Starkville Public Library by Starkville Reads. Survival Juvenile fiction. Survival Fiction. Television programs Juvenile fiction. Television programs Fiction. Interpersonal relations Juvenile fiction. Interpersonal relations Fiction. Contests Juvenile fiction. Contests Fiction. Science fiction. Young adult fiction. Young women Juvenile fiction. Sisters Juvenile fiction. Young adult fiction. Dystopias Juvenile fiction. Science fiction. Dust jackets (Bindings) 2008. Falco, Phil. Scholastic Press. [Hunger Games trilogy] ; ; 1. [Hunger Games trilogy ; 1.