Katniss Everdeen, a 16-year-old girl living in district 12, the smallest and poorest of the 13 districts in Panem, America, is preparing for the reaping where she will find out if she gets chosen to attend the Hunger Games. Every year, the capitol of Panem organizes a deadly event called the Hunger Games, in which one boy and one girl from each district are put in an arena and forced to fight to the death on live television.  The last person standing wins fame, fortune, and the guaranteed safety of them and their family. The purpose of the Hunger Games is to honor and remind the citizens of Panem that rebelling against the capitol is futile. Katniss knows that the capitol does not care about honor, they only host the Hunger Games to intimidate the poor and entertain the wealthier districts. Katniss knows that her chances of getting picked are incredibly slim but when, against all odds, her beloved younger sister gets picked, Katniss knows what she must do: she must volunteer as a tribute.

The Hunger Games is a fantastic book and has been a staple in the dystopian category for years. I highly recommend this book to dystopia lovers, teens, or just anyone who is looking to widen their reading selection. If you are a romance book enthusiast, this book may appeal to you as well as it also has a well-incorporated sub-genre of romance. If you happen to not be a big fan of reading paperback books at all, you can also find The Hunger Games in the form of an audiobook and a sensational movie starring Jennifer Lawrence. All in all, this book is phenomenal, from the way that the characters are written to the intricate descriptions of their surroundings, I could not find a single flaw in Suzanne Collins’s writing style.