The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)

by Suzanne Collins

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10th Anniversary Edition of The Hunger Games
with exclusive content.
Contains more than fifty pages of new bonus material,
including the most extensive interview Suzanne Collins has given
since the publication of The Hunger Games, which provides an absorbing
behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the series; and an
engaging archival conversation between Suzanne Collins and YA legend
Walter Dean Myers on writing about war.





pre-order Sunrise On the Reaping - the fifth book in
the Hunger Games series - coming March 2025
 



Set in a dark vision of the near future, a terrifying reality
TV show is taking place.
Twelve boys and twelve girls are forced to appear in a live event
called The Hunger Games.


There is only one rule: kill or be killed.



When sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen steps forward to take her
younger sister's place in the games, she sees it as a death sentence.



But Katniss has been close to death before. For her, survival
is second nature.


"A violent, jarring, speed-rap of a novel that generates
nearly constant suspense. . . . I couldn't stop reading."
Stephen King, Entertainment Weekly


"I was so obsessed with this book. . . . The Hunger
Games is amazing." Stephenie Meyer, author of the Twilight
saga


"Brilliantly plotted and perfectly paced." John
Green, The New York Times Book Review





Three books, four films and one worldwide phenomenon, The
Hunger Games original trilogy changed the face of global YA.


All three of the Hunger Games original novels
have been made into major feature films, starring Jennifer Lawrence,
Josh Hutcherson & Liam Hemsworth

The best-selling prequel to The
Hunger Games, The Ballad of Songbirds
and Snakes, was a global number one feature film
in autumn 2023 and a number one New York Times and The
Times bestseller in hardback in May 2020.




 


OTHER BOOKS IN THE SERIES





Catching Fire

Mockingjay

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

Sunrise On the Reaping - the
fifth book in the Hunger Games series
- coming in hardback, March 2025
and slated for a feature length film release in November 2026


The Hunger Games illustrated edition is releasing in
October 2024
  • ISBN13 9781407192086
  • Publish Date 30 October 2018 (first published 1 October 2008)
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 14 October 2020
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Scholastic
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 512
  • Language English