The 74th Annual Hunger Games - Book 1

PROLOGUE

In a dystopian future, the totalitarian nation of Panem is divided between 12 districts and the Capitol.

Each year two young representatives from each district are selected by lottery to participate in The Hunger Games. Part entertainment,

part brutal retribution for a past rebellion, the televised games are broadcast throughout Panem. The 24 participants are forced to eliminate their competitors while the citizens of

Panem are required to watch. When 16-year-old Katniss's young sister, Prim, is selected as District 12's female representative, Katniss volunteers to take her place. She and her male

counterpart Peeta, are pitted against bigger, stronger representatives, some of whom have trained for this their whole lives.

Set in a future North America known as "Panem", the Capitol selects a boy and a girl between

the ages of 12 and 18 from each of the twelve outlying districts to compete in the annual

"Hunger Games", a televised fight-to-the-death. The film is centered around Katniss Everdeen -

a 16-year-old girl from District 12, who volunteers for her 12-year-old sister, Prim, when Prim's

name is chosen - and Katniss's fellow District 12 tribute, Peeta Mellark, whom she has some

rather dramatic history with. Katniss is then rushed to the Capitol, where she undergoes

intense training, before being thrust into the arena to fight to become the victor of the seventy-fourth annual Hunger Games.

In order to control future rebellions remembering the past rebellion, the Powers That Be of the

dystopian society of Panem force two youngsters from each of the twelve districts to

participate in The Hunger Games. The rules are very simple: the twenty-four players must kill

each other and survive in the wilderness until only one wins by surviving. The games are

broadcast through the Capital and the twelve districts to entertain and intimidate the population.

In District 12, the teenager Katniss Everdeen is a great hunter and archer. When her younger

sister Primrose Everdeen is selected as one of the representatives of their district, Katniss

volunteers to take her place in the games. Together with Peeta Mellark, they head by train to the

Capital to be trained for the brutal game.