Sixteen
year old Katniss Everdeen volunteers in her younger sister's place to
enter the games, and is forced to rely upon her sharp instincts as well
as the mentorship of drunken former victor Haymitch Abernathy when she's
pitted against highly-trained Tributes who have prepared for these
Games their entire lives. If she's ever to return home to District 12,
Katniss must make impossible choices in the arena that weigh survival
against humanity and life against love.
THE HUNGER GAMES is
directed by Gary Ross, with a screenplay by Gary Ross and Suzanne
Collins and Billy Ray, and produced by Nina Jacobson’s Color Force in
tandem with producer Jon Kilik. Suzanne Collins' best-selling novel, the
first in a trilogy published by Scholastic that has over 26 million
copies in print in the United States alone, has developed a massive
global following. It has spent more than 180 consecutive weeks/more than
three consecutive years to date on The New York Times bestseller list
since its publication in September 2008, and has also appeared
consistently on USA Today and Publishers Weekly bestseller lists.
