Hunger Games, Hunger Games 1

Winning means fame and fortune. Losing means certain death. The Hunger Games have begun. . . . In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen regards it as a death sentence when she steps forward to take her sister's place in the Games. But Katniss has been close to dead before-and survival, for her, is second nature. Without really meaning to, she becomes a contender. But if she is to win, she will have to start making choices that weigh survival against humanity and life against love.

Prizes: Winner of Young Reader's Choice Award (Senior/Grades 10-12) 2011 and California Young Reader Medal (Young Adult) 2011 and Garden State Teen Book Award (Fiction (Grades 9-12)) 2011 and Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award 2011 and Georgia Children's Book Award (Children's Book) 2012 and Buckeye Children's Book Award (Teen) 2009 and Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award (Young Adult) 2010 and Virginia Readers Choice Award (High School) 2011 and Young Hoosier Book Award (Middle Grades) 2011 and Golden Sower Award (Young Adult) 2011 and Maine Student Book Award (Grades 4-8) 2010 and Nutmeg Book Award (Teen) 2012 and Nevada Young Readers' Award (Young Adult) 2010 and South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award (Young Adult) 2010 and South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award (Junior Book) 2010 and Iowa High School Book Award 2010 and Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award 2010 and Charlotte Award (Young Adult) 2010 and Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers 2009 and Kentucky Bluegrass Award (Grades 9-12) 2010 and Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award 2010 and Grand Canyon Reader Award (Teen) 2011 and Grand Canyon Reader Award (Tween) 2011 and Volunteer State Book Awards (Young Adult) 2010 and Colorado Blue Spruce Award 2010 and Golden Archer Award (Middle/Junior High) 2011 and Rhode Island Teen Book Award 2010 and Heartland Award 2010 and Isinglass Teen Read Award 2009 and Land of Enchantment Book Award (Young Adult) 2010 and Sequoyah Book Awards (Intermediate) 2011 and Sequoyah Book Awards (High School) 2011 and Beehive Awards (Young Adult) 2010 and Evergreen Young Adult Book Award 2011 and Cybils (Fantasy/Sci-Fi/YA) 2008 and Gateway Readers Award 2010 and Truman Readers Award 2010 and Florida Teens Read 2009. Commended for Texas Lone Star Reading List 2009 and Tayshas Reading 2009 and Indies Choice Book Awards (Young Adult Fiction) 2009. Short-listed for Delaware Diamonds Award (Middle School) 2009.