This book was AMAZING! Set in the future, the United States has been split into the Capitol and 13 Districts. The Capitol is successful while the districts are poor and pay for the entertainments of the Capitol. Each year, the districts each select a boy and a girl to go to fight in the Hunger Games; this is a fight to the death, aired live on television. They are provided with nothing, and the better the ‘show’ (the flashier the murders, the more drama while the children try to create alliances) the more money raised by Capitol sponsors. And there can only be one winner in the Hunger Games. It raises some great questions about survival, class status, and what is done for the sake of entertainment.