The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins

Consider this fair warning: You will not be able to put this book down once you start. In a dystopian futuristic North America, we meet Katniss, a superior hunter who is able to support her impoverised family by hunting illegally in the adjacent woods to District 12. Everyone looks the other way of course, because the whole district is poor and her neighbors benefit from her hunting. Then comes the Reaping, a morbid celebration where a boy and a girl from each of the twelve districts is chosen to compete in The Hunger Games, a televised Gladiator meets Survivor type of program where the winner gets food and a place to live, and all of the losers are dead. Once the initial shock of how inhuman The Hunger Games are, you will find yourself cheering for Katniss, hoping that the people she chooses to trust in the games will prove to be true friendships. Do you know how to be hungry?
Later, Audrey