The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

America as we know it and its fifty states are gone. In its place is Panem and its twelve districts. Each year one boy and one girl from each of the districts are nominated and sent to the Capitol to participate in a fight to the death. In the competition, known as the Hunger Games, the competitors must kill off each other until only one person is left alive. When Katniss’s sister is selected for the Hunger Games Katniss refuses to let her go and volunteers to take her place. But what Katniss doesn't expect is to become a contender in the games herself. Together with fellow District 12 tribute Peeta, Katniss becomes the one to watch. But who will survive when there can only be one winner? Find out in the Hunger Games.

Collins, Suzanne. The Hunger Games. New York: Scholastic Press, 2008. Print.