In the ruins of a place once known as North america lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlyng districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the disctricts un line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eightenn to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death TV. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives alone with her mother and younger sister, regards it as a death sentence when she steps forward to take her sister´s place in the Games. But Katniss has bee close to dead 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 choice that weigh survival against humanity and life against love.
