Almost-16-year-old Aspen Jamison's life is almost perfect. She has amazing friends, a close community, and her parents are taking her and her cousin, Dakota, to Lake Chelan for two weeks this summer. But on the way to the lake, something happens that will change Aspen's life forever. Aspen's friends help her get through the hard times, always reminding her to never give up. Never give up.

Nitri is the name I was allotted at birth. I subsist in the Seventh District of Panem, mercilessly dictated by the Capitol. The Capitol will be hosting the 25th Annual Hunger Games this year. A rumor had started- that this year will be different, but nobody knew what it would be. We all found out today.