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Book Review of The Hunger Games (Hunger Games, Bk 1)

The Hunger Games (Hunger Games, Bk 1)
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The Hunger Games is is a competition to die for. Volunteering to save her beloved sister, Prim, Karniss becomes the female representative of her district, District 12. The trainers pair her with Peeta Mallark, the baker's son who saved her, Prim and her mother from starvation when they had no food after her father died. Karissa and Peeta train together, paired as sweethearts but the test comes when one must kill the other. The competition becomes intense as district representative after district representative meet their ends. A well written story, Karness and Peeta become a team to try to defeat the others. Can they do it? Can they kill each other when the time comes? The story ends, leaving a wonderful opening for the second in the series.