Dear Clove, You were a good person forced to do wrong because we were part of a bigger scheme things would have been different . You are the truth that love is beautiful. We were just as star crossed as twelve yet no one noticed. If our fates weren't bad and so wrong beyond fixing then maybe we would of had a future maybe we would of been different? People don't have a clue what it feels like to want something they can never have. Something like you. I do believe nothing is built to last when your born to die. - Cato

Clove never knew her parents. All she knows is her trainer Favian who sometimes doubles as her dad, and sometimes falls far short of looking out for her. In district 2 they train you not to be heartless, but to ignore your heart. After years of solitude with Favian her only family Clove has mastered this skill almost as well as she's mastered knife throwing. When new training partners for the year are assigned the day after the 73rd reaping, a mistake is made. Clove ends up partnered in the wrong age category with next years best contender for the crown: Cato Hadley. Everyone is jealous but Clove has bigger problems to deal with than her annoying partner. She has a secret that she's kept hidden for years and only Cato can save her from herself.

Everyone knows about the star crossed lovers of District 12, but no one has ever told the tragic story of the secret star crossed lovers of District 2. There is more to the ruthless District 2 tributes than they are willing to admit. Let the 74th Hunger Games begin and may the odds be ever in your favor.... (Characters and storyline based on Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games)

Marvel Pedanski. The boy Katniss killed. The boy who killed Rue. Everybody has a story.

This book is about what would happen if my favorite Hunger Games ships were in high school.