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Samantha & Sean
Aug 11, 2011 rated it really liked it
This book helped me get in touch with that primal, survivor side of humanity which cushy civilization has allowed us to abandon. I was pleased with the level of brutality in this dystopian teen fiction. Think the television show Survivor, but the back-stabbing is literal. There is also a meandering love plot intertwined with the overall storyline, which pervades every turning point and determines the fates of the characters in a peculiar way. I can't wait to read the next book. The real-time fir ...more
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Rachel "Rai29"
Oct 27, 2011 rated it it was amazing
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ISBN: 9780439023481
Publisher: Scholastic
Pages: 374

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.

I had heard many great things about Suzann ...more
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Dominque
Dec 19, 2011 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: favorite-books
I can't wait to read Catching Fire! ...more
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Therese
Mar 31, 2011 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: setting-usa, young-adult, distopia-negative-utopia, science-fiction
Fast entertaining book! When you turn the page you'll be really mad at yourself for not picking up books 2 and 3 at the same time 'cause you're gonna want to know what happens next!
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Chinook
May 01, 2011 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: 1-kindle, kids, north-america
I found a copy of this in the East Timor Backpackers and read it in a day. I loved the plot - incredibly gripping.
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Nicz
Apr 05, 2011 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: favorites
best book i ever read. page turner. two thumbs up!
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Hannah
Mar 08, 2011 rated it really liked it
Chris
Mar 09, 2011 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Sarah Dalton
Mar 16, 2011 rated it really liked it
Nancy Ahn
Mar 28, 2011 rated it really liked it
Pamela
Apr 19, 2011 rated it really liked it
Shelves: 2012
Carly
Apr 24, 2011 rated it liked it
Shelves: ya-read
Ray
Apr 24, 2011 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: mg-ya
Robbie
May 03, 2011 rated it it was amazing
Anthony
May 10, 2011 marked it as to-read
Chris Kelly
May 29, 2011 marked it as to-read
Shelves: dystopia-post-apocalyptic
Bahar
Jun 08, 2011 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: utopic
Patricia Davis
Jul 07, 2011 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: adult-teen
Michele
Aug 10, 2011 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Cynthia
Sep 02, 2011 rated it it was amazing
Jessica Overstreet
Sep 12, 2011 rated it it was amazing
Danile
Oct 04, 2011 rated it it was amazing
Knigel Holmes
Nov 20, 2011 rated it it was amazing
Westair
Dec 11, 2011 rated it really liked it
Shelves: utopia-dystopia
Jillian
Dec 16, 2011 rated it it was amazing
Allie
Dec 29, 2011 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Agustin
Mar 13, 2012 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: fiction
Jill
Mar 18, 2012 rated it it was amazing
Ashley
Apr 17, 2012 rated it really liked it
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