Nadia Mellark has always lived a normal life. Well, with one exception; a secret that her parents refuse to share with Nadia and her brother, Flint. The words haunt her every day. They accompany the screams she hears from her mother at night and the mysterious fits of pure agony that her dad experiences. The Hunger Games. Nadia wishes for answers about her parents' past and a life with a little more excitement, and her wishes comes true, though not in the way that she expected.