Could you survive on your own, in the wild, with everyone out to make sure you don't live to see the morning? 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, who lives alone with her mother and younger sister, regards it as a death sentence when she is forced to represent her district 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.
第七十四屆飢餓遊戲即將開始。飢餓遊戲是至死方休的決鬥。
「我醒來時，另半邊床是冷的。我伸手去探妹妹小櫻溫暖的身體，卻只摸到罩著床墊的粗布單。她肯定又做了惡夢，爬到媽床上去了。她當然會做惡夢，今天是抽籤的日子。」小說這樣開始。
在一個過去叫做北美洲的廢墟中，有個新建立的國家「施惠國」，分布四方的十二個行政區環繞著一個燦爛的都城。這個嚴厲又殘酷的都城，藉由逼迫十二個區每年送出12歲至18歲的一名少男和一名少女，投身在年度盛會，由電視實況轉播拼鬥至死的「飢餓獵殺」中，來控制與維持統治的秩序。
十六歲的凱妮絲，與寡母及妹妹小櫻同住，當她自願代替在「抽籤日」被抽中的妹妹參加獵殺遊戲時，是將它視為死刑。但凱妮絲曾經在垂死邊緣掙扎過，求生存已成了她的第二天性。她在無意間成為一個有力的競爭者。但她要贏，勢必面臨重重抉擇，權衡生存、人性、生命與愛，孰輕孰重。
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Book Titles:
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, Book 1) 飢餓遊戲1
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, Book 2) 飢餓遊戲2：星火燎原
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3) 飢餓遊戲3：自由幻夢
By Suzanne Collins, Paperback, Traditional Chinese Characters, 406-435 pages, 8.27"x5.85"
