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Could you survive on your own, in the wild, with everyone out to make sure you don't live to see the morning? In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives alone with her mother and younger sister, regards it as a death sentence when she is forced to represent her district in the Games. But Katniss has been close to death before - and survival, for her, is second nature. Without really meaning to, she becomes a contender. But if she is to win, she will have to start making choices that weigh survival against humanity and life against love.

第七十四届饥饿游戏即将开始。
在荒蛮的野外环境中，每个人都想置你于死地，你能靠自己的力量生存下来吗？
24人参加竞赛。只有一人能够存活。
抽签日那天，凯特尼斯的人生彻底改变了。
在未来的北美洲，帕纳姆国建立在一片废墟之上，它的中心凯匹特位于十二个区的中央。每年，十二个区都被迫向凯匹特送去年龄在12岁至18岁的少男少女“贡品”各一名，去参加饥饿游戏，这是一项残酷而可怕的生与死的竞赛，所有的贡品必须战斗到死，最后的幸存者就是胜者。
竞技场是经过人工布置的森林、荒原。竞赛中，猎杀、追踪、饥饿、伪装、智斗等生死存亡的时刻，都被电视现场直播到全国，每个人都必须观看，而且要当成节日一样庆祝。对于凯匹特，这是年度盛会，是一场游戏。对于其他十二区，是羞辱和折磨。
生存是16岁的凯特尼斯的本能，她依靠在十二区围栏外偷猎、采集野果勉强养活妈妈、妹妹和自己。当凯特尼斯代替被抽中的妹妹参加饥饿游戏时，她明白这对她可能意味着死亡。如果她想生存，她必须在人性与生存、生活与爱情之间做出选择。
在竞技场上，凯特尼斯机缘巧合被塑造成燃烧的女孩，又与本区的另一个贡品皮塔组成明星恋人备受瞩目。她很困惑，自己与皮塔的关系？她企图拯救其他竞赛者的生命，机智地应对游戏中出现的谜题，使她成了电视观众关注的中心。生死关头，她才发现爱情竟然也可以成为赢的策略。
凯特尼斯只有继续做她自己。那个倔强的女孩，她拒绝向游戏规则屈服，拒绝向死亡屈服，也拒绝向爱情屈服。她的拒绝会带来什么，未来又会怎样呢？

Book Titles:
The Hunger Games (Book 1) 饥饿游戏1
Catching Fire (Book 2) 饥饿游戏2：燃烧的女孩
Mockingjay (Book 3) 饥饿游戏3：嘲笑鸟