The Hunger Games

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Katniss Everdeen is 16 years old when she enters the Hunger Games. She lives in the country of Panem, where the all-powerful, controlling Capitol rules the twelve districts. Every year, the Capitol forces each district to send a boy and a girl tribute, or competitor into the Games. The tributes compete in a fight to the death, just for the Capitol's entertainment. Katniss meets Peeta Mellark, the boy tribute from her district, and they take a different approach than many of the other tribute pairs. Katniss and Peeta must decide who to trust and in the end, are faced with an impossible decision.