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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Collins, Suzanne.
The Hunger Games / by Suzanne Collins.—1st ed.
p. cm.
Summary: 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.
[1. Survival—Fiction. 2. Television programs—Fiction. 3. Interpersonal
relations—Fiction. 4. Contests—Fiction. 5. Science fiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.C6837Hun 2008
[Fic]—dc22
2007039987
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
FIRST EDITION, October 2008