"The Hunger Games"

"The Hunger Games" is a dystopian novel series by Suzanne Collins, set in a future where the totalitarian nation of Panem controls 12 districts. To maintain power and suppress rebellion, the government annually selects one boy and one girl from each district to compete in a televised death match called the Hunger Games. The story follows Katniss Everdeen, who volunteers to take her sister's place in the Games. Themes of survival, inequality, and societal control are central to the narrative, illustrating the struggle against oppression and the moral dilemmas faced in desperate circumstances.