This Special Edition of The Hunger Games includes the most extensive
interview Suzanne Collins has given since the publication of The Hunger
Games; an absorbing behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the
series; an engaging archival conversation between Suzanne Collins and YA
legend Walter Dean Myers on writing about war; and a timeline of
highlights from the first ten years of The Hunger Games. The Special
Edition answers many questions fans have had over the years, and gives
great insight into the creation of this era-defining work.
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 regards it as a death
sentence when she steps forward to take her sister's place in the Games.
But Katniss has been close to death before -- and survival, for her, is
second nature. Still, if she is to win, she will have to start making
choices that weigh survival against humanity and life against love.