Author: Suzanne Collins

Publisher: Scholastic Press

In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem， a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. Long ago the districts waged war on the Capitol and were defeated. As part of the surrender terms， each district agreed to send one boy and one girl to appear in an annual televised event called， \"The 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. The terrain， rules， and level of audience participation may change but one thing is constant: kill or be killed.

曾經(jīng)的北美洲在經(jīng)歷大災(zāi)難之后，一個(gè)名為施恩國(guó)的國(guó)家在廢墟中建立，閃耀的都城四周環(huán)繞著12個(gè)地區(qū)。很久以前，這12個(gè)地區(qū)對(duì)都城發(fā)動(dòng)戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)，但慘敗而歸。如投降條款所示，每個(gè)城區(qū)都同意每年進(jìn)奉一對(duì)少男少女，登上名為“饑餓游戲”的電視直播節(jié)目互毆致死。16歲的Katniss Everdeen與母親和妹妹一同生活，當(dāng)她被迫要求代表城區(qū)參加饑餓游戲時(shí)，她知道自己難逃死亡的厄運(yùn)。場(chǎng)地、規(guī)則、參與觀眾的人數(shù)都有可能變化，但唯一不變的是生死的抉擇。