<Tr> <Th> LC Class </Th> <Td> PZ7. C6837 Hun 2008 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Followed by </Th> <Td> Catching Fire </Td> </Tr> <P> The Hunger Games is a 2008 dystopian novel by the American writer Suzanne Collins . It is written in the voice of 16 - year - old Katniss Everdeen, who lives in the future, post-apocalyptic nation of Panem in North America . The Capitol, a highly advanced metropolis, exercises political control over the rest of the nation . The Hunger Games is an annual event in which one boy and one girl aged 12--18 from each of the twelve districts surrounding the Capitol are selected by lottery to compete in a televised battle to the death . </P> <P> The book received critical acclaim from major reviewers and authors . It was praised for its plot and character development . In writing The Hunger Games, Collins drew upon Greek mythology, Roman gladiatorial games, and contemporary reality television for thematic content . The novel won many awards, including the California Young Reader Medal, and was named one of Publishers Weekly's "Best Books of the Year" in 2008 . </P>

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