The Hunger Games (Hunger Games, Book One): Volume 1

The first novel in the worldwide bestselling series by Suzanne Collins

 

Winning means fame and fortune. Losing means certain death. The Hunger Games have begun. . . . In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen regards it as a death sentence when she steps forward to take her sister's place in the Games. But Katniss has been 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 choices that weigh survival against humanity and life against love.



Award: Delaware Diamonds Award - Nominee
Award: Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers - Winner
Award: Texas Lone Star Reading List - Commended
Award: Isinglass Teen Read Award - Winner
Award: Land of Enchantment Book Award - Winner
Award: Buckeye Children's Book Award - Winner
Award: Golden Archer Award - Winner
Award: Rhode Island Teen Book Award - Winner
Award: Beehive Awards - Winner
Award: Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award - Winner
Award: Iowa High School Book Award - Winner
Award: Charlotte Award - Winner
Award: Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award - Winner
Award: Heartland Award - Winner
Award: Cybils - Winner
Award: Nutmeg Book Award - Winner
Award: Kentucky Bluegrass Award - Winner
Award: Georgia Children's Book Award - Winner
Award: Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award - Winner
Award: Evergreen Young Adult Book Award - Winner
Award: Garden State Teen Book Award - Winner
Award: Grand Canyon Reader Award - Winner
Award: California Young Reader Medal - Winner
Award: Volunteer State Book Awards - Winner
Award: South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award - Winner
Award: South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award - Winner
Award: Virginia Readers Choice Award - Winner
Award: Young Hoosier Book Award - Winner
Award: Young Reader's Choice Award - Winner
Award: Sequoyah Book Awards - Winner
Award: Sequoyah Book Awards - Winner
Award: Golden Sower Award - Winner
Award: Maine Student Book Award - Winner
Award: Tayshas Reading - Commended
Award: Grand Canyon Reader Award - Winner
Award: Indies Choice Book Awards - Honor Book
Award: Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award - Winner
Award: Colorado Blue Spruce Award - Winner
Award: Nevada Young Readers' Award - Winner
Award: Gateway Readers Award - Winner
Award: Truman Readers Award - Winner
Award: Florida Teens Read - Winner


Review Citation(s):
Newsweek 07/21/2008 pg. 58
School Library Journal 09/01/2008 pg. 176
Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2008 pg. 580
Romantic Times 10/01/2008 pg. 75 - Excellent
Booklist 09/01/2008 pg. 97
Entertainment Weekly 08/12/2008 pg. 139
Kirkus Review - Children 09/01/2008 pg. 941
Voice of Youth Advocates 10/01/2008 pg. 348 - Recommended - Hard To Beat
Publishers Weekly 11/03/2008 pg. 58
Publishers Weekly Best Books 11/03/2008 pg. 33
New York Times Book Review 11/09/2008 pg. 30
New York Times Book Review 11/16/2008 pg. 22
People Weekly 12/01/2008 pg. 64
New York Times Book Review 12/07/2008 pg. 54
Christian Century 12/16/2008 pg. 27
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 11/01/2008
SLJ's Best Books 12/01/2008 pg. 40
Booklist Ed Choice Youth 01/01/2009 pg. 13
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2009 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style
Library Journal 12/09/2008
Time 09/07/2009 pg. 65
Newsweek 09/28/2009 pg. 66
ALA Best Books Young Adults 03/15/2009 pg. 13
ALA Notable Children's Books 03/15/2009 pg. 24
People Weekly 09/13/2010 pg. 69
Entertainment Weekly 10/22/2010 pg. 17
Entertainment Weekly 05/27/2011 pg. 38
People 11/28/2011 pg. 34
Entertainment Weekly 11/23/2012 pg. 45
Entertainment Weekly 06/27/2014 pg. 22
Entertainment Weekly 11/14/2014 pg. 111

About the Author
Suzanne Collins is the author of the bestselling Underland Chronicles series, which started with Gregor the Overlander. Her groundbreaking young adult novels, The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, and Mockingjay, were New York Times bestsellers, received wide praise, and were the basis for four popular films. She returned to the world of Panem with The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. Year of the Jungle, her picture book based on the year her father was deployed in Vietnam, was published in 2013 to great critical acclaim. To date, her books have been published in fifty-three languages around the world.