The Hunger Games is a
young adult novel written by
Suzanne Collins. It was first published on September 14, 2008, by
Scholastic, in hardcover.[SUP]
[1][/SUP] It is written
in the voice of sixteen-year-old
Katniss Everdeen, who lives in a
post-apocalyptic world in the country of
Panem where the countries of
North America once existed. The
Capitol, a highly advanced metropolis, holds absolute power over the rest of the nation. The Hunger Games are an annual event in which one boy and one girl aged 12 to 18 from each of the 12 districts surrounding the Capitol are selected by lottery to compete in a
televised battle in which only one person can survive.
The book has been released as a paperback and also an audiobook and e-book.
The Hunger Games had an initial print of 200,000 – twice doubled from the original 50,000. Since its initial release, the novel has been translated into 26 different languages and rights of production have been sold in 38 countries. The book received mostly positive reviews from major reviewers and authors.
The Hunger Games is the first novel in
The Hunger Games trilogy,[SUP]
[2][/SUP] followed by
Catching Fire, published on September 1, 2009,[SUP]
[3][/SUP] and
Mockingjay, published on August 24, 2010.[SUP]
[4]
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A
film adaptation, co-written and co-produced by Collins herself and directed by
Gary Ross, was released worldwide on March 23, 2012. The film stars
Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss,
Josh Hutcherson as Peeta, and
Liam Hemsworth as Gale.
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