The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)

by Suzanne Collins

The anguish I always feel when she’s in pain wells up in my chest and threatens to register on my face.

But the words are easy and soothing, promising tomorrow will be more hopeful than this awful piece of time we call today.

As I slowly, thoroughly wash the makeup from my face and put my hair in its braid, I begin transforming back into myself. Katniss Everdeen. A girl who lives in the Seam. Hunts in the woods. Trades in the Hob. I stare in the mirror as I try to remember who I am and who I am not.