Jaded ||| Johanna Mason

The Hunger Games are merciless.

Every year, 24 tributes are chosen to fight to the death in an arena specially built by the game makers.

But these tributes aren't volunteers. Or adults. These tributes are between the ages of 12-18. And they're picked at random.

Panem is where this takes place. It's the name of the country that houses 12 districts and the Capitol.

The 12 districts supply items to the Capitol. They have different resources. But they also supply the tributes.

District citizens are seen as second-class. They're part of the force that rebelled against the Captiol's rule and now they are punished for it.

District 2 is considered one of the lucky few. It was one of the only districts to stay on the Capitol's side during the rebellion and is located near the big city.

The district's main purpose is masonry, training and supplying of peacekeepers, and weapons manufacturing. Because of this, 2 gets away with training its tributes for the games. They win almost every year.

But Jade Machry is different. She's not rich, she's not one of the great houses. Jade works in a weapons manufacturing warehouse. Her mother is desperately ill and the treatment is an expensive medication they can't afford.

So Jade does the unthinkable.

But what happens when the life of glamour she was promised doesn't turn out the way she expected? What will her fellow district 2 victors think?

And what happens when she meets another fiery victor? One that she can't ignore.