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Book Description
Publication Date: September 14, 2008 | Series: The Hunger Games (Book 1)Katniss is a 16-year-old girl living with her mother and younger sister in the poorest district of Panem, the remains of what used be the United States. 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." The terrain, rules, and level of audience participation may change but one thing is constant: kill or be killed. When Kat's sister is chosen by lottery, Kat steps up to go in her place.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Hunger-Games-Suzanne-Collins/dp/0439023483
"The Hunger Games has been released in paperback and also as an audiobook and ebook. The hardcover had an initial print of 200,000 twice doubled from the original 50,000. Since its release, the novel has been translated into 26 languages, and rights of production have been sold in 38 countries. The Hunger Games is the first novel in The Hunger Gamestrilogy,[SUP][2][/SUP] followed by Catching Fire, published on September 1, 2009,[SUP][3][/SUP] and Mockingjay, published on August 24, 2010.[SUP][4][/SUP] A film adaptation, directed by Gary Ross and co-written and co-produced by Collins herself, was released worldwide on March 23, 2012."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hunger_Games
"Where is the intersection between the world's deep hunger and your deep gladness?"