Georgia Children's Book Award
2012 · Children's Book (Grades 4 - 8) · Winner
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WINNING MEANS FAME AND FORTUNE. LOSING MEANS CERTAIN DEATH. THE HUNGER GAMES HAVE BEGUN.
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 dead before and survival, for her, is second nature. Without really meaning to, she becomes a contender. But if she is to win. she will have to start making choices that weigh survival against humanity and life against love.
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 dead before and survival, for her, is second nature. Without really meaning to, she becomes a contender. But if she is to win. she will have to start making choices that weigh survival against humanity and life against love.
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Nutmeg Book Award
2012 · Teen · Winner
California Young Reader Medal
2011 · Young Adult · Winner
Evergreen Young Adult Book Award
2011 · Young Adult · Winner
Garden State Teen Book Award
2011 · Fiction (Grades 9-12) · Winner
Golden Archer Award
2011 · Middle/Junior High · Winner
Golden Sower Award
2011 · Young Adult · Winner
Grand Canyon Reader Award
2011 · Teen · Winner
Grand Canyon Reader Award
2011 · Tween · Winner
Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award
2011 · Grades 4-8 · Winner
Sequoyah Book Award
2011 · High School · Winner
Sequoyah Book Award
2011 · Intermediate · Winner
Virginia Readers Choice Award
2011 · High School · Winner
Young Hoosier Book Award
2011 · Middle Grades · Winner
Young Reader's Choice Award
2011 · Senior/Grades 10-12 · Winner
Beehive Award
2010 · Young Adult · Winner
Black-Eyed Susan Award
2010 · High School · Winner
Charlotte Award
2010 · Young Adult · Winner
Colorado Blue Spruce Award
2010 · Young Adult · Winner
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award
2010 · Children's · Winner
Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award
2010 · Grades 9-12 · Winner
Gateway Readers Award
2010 · High School · Winner
Heartland Award
2010 · Young Adult · Winner
Iowa High School Book Award
2010 · Young Adult · Winner
Kentucky Bluegrass Award
2010 · Grades 9-12 · Winner
Land of Enchantment Book Award
2010 · Young Adult · Winner
Maine Student Book Award
2010 · Grades 4-8 · Winner
Nevada Young Readers' Award
2010 · Young Adult · Winner
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award
2010 · Young Adult · Winner
Rhode Island Teen Book Award
2010 · Ages 12 & Up · Winner
South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award
2010 · Junior Book · Winner
South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award
2010 · Young Adult · Winner
Truman Readers Award
2010 · Grades 6-8 · Winner
Volunteer State Book Award
2010 · Young Adult · Winner
Buckeye Children's Book Award
2009 · Teen · Winner
Delaware Diamonds Award
2009 · Middle School · Nominee
Florida Teens Read
2009 · Grades 9-12 · Winner
Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers
2009 · Young Adult · Winner
Indies Choice Book Award
2009 · Young Adult Fiction · Honor Book
Isinglass Teen Read Award
2009 · Grades 6-8 · Winner
Tayshas Reading
2009 · Young Adult · Commended
Texas Lone Star Reading List
2009 · Young Adult · Commended
Book Club Picks
2008 · Costco's Buyer's Pick
Cybils
2008 · Fantasy/Sci-Fi/YA · Winner
RT Reviewers Choice Award
2008 · Young Adult · Winner
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