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'''''The Hunger Games'' trilogy''' is a ] ] ] series written by ]. The trilogy consists of '']'', '']'', and the upcoming '']'', which will be released on August 24, 2010.<ref name="EW">{{cite web |author=Keith Staskiewicz |title=Final 'Hunger Games' novel has been given a title and a cover |url=http://shelf-life.ew.com/2010/02/11/final-hunger-games-novel-has-been-given-a-title-and-a-cover/ |publisher=Entertainment Weekly |date=2010-02-11 |accessdate=2010-02-11 }}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |title=Suzanne Collins's Third Book in the Hunger Games Trilogy to Be Published by Scholastic on August 24, 2010 |url=http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/marketwire/0565512.htm |publisher=Scholastic |date=2009-12-03 |accessdate=2009-12-03 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://mediaroom.scholastic.com/node/270 |title=Suzanne Collins's Third Book in The Hunger Games Trilogy to be Published on August 24, 2010| work=Scholastic |date=2009-12-03 |accessdate=2010-01-01 }}</ref>
The first two books were each ].<ref>{{cite news | title=Children's Books | url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/27/books/bestseller/bestchildren.html | newspaper=] | date=December 27, 2009 | accessdate=2009-12-31 }}</ref>

==Plot==
''The Hunger Games'' trilogy takes place in an unidentified future time period after the destruction of ], in a nation known as Panem. Panem consists of a rich Capitol and twelve surrounding, poorer districts. As punishment for a previous rebellion against the Capitol, every year one boy and one girl from each district, between the ages of twelve and eighteen, are selected by lottery and forced to participate in the Hunger Games. The Games are a televised event where the participants, or "tributes," must fight to the death in a dangerous outdoor arena until only one remains. It is required viewing for everyone in the districts.

There are several things that can increase your chances for the Games, however. You automatically have to put in one slip per year, so for twelve you have one slip, and by eighteen you will have six. But you can also join the tesserae and trade in a slip for a month's supply of goods, which makes the poorer children at risk. In the richer districts, being chosen as tribute is considered a feat and many children who live there spen most of their lives training. They usually band together in the arena and are known as the Careers.

===''The Hunger Games''===
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''The Hunger Games'' follows 16-year-old Katniss Everdeen, a girl from District 12 who volunteers for the 74th Hunger Games in place of her younger sister. Also participating from District 12 is Peeta Mellark, a boy whom Katniss knows from school and who once saved Katniss's life by giving her bread when her family was starving. As Katniss and Peeta battle the other tributes together, they pretend to be in love to gain favor with the audience. When the Gamemakers try to force the pair into a dramatic finale where one must kill the other to win, they threaten suicide and are subsequently both declared winners.

===''Catching Fire''===
{{Main|Catching Fire (2009 novel)}}
Katniss learns that the Capitol is angry at her for her defiance in the previous novel, which started a chain reaction that inspired rebellion in the districts. For a special edition of the Hunger Games, she and Peeta are forced into competing a second time with other past winners. They team up with a few other tributes and manage to destroy the arena and escape the Games. Katniss is transported to District 13, a place that is widely thought to no longer exist, but Peeta is captured by the Capitol. The book ends with Katniss's friend Gale informing her that District 12 has been destroyed.

===''Mockingjay''===
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''Mockingjay'', the third and final book, will be released on August 24, 2010.<ref name="EW"/>

===Main characters===
*'''Katniss Everdeen'''&nbsp;– The protagonist of the series, Katniss competes in the Hunger Games in each of the first two novels and constantly battles between her feelings for both Peeta and Gale. She becomes the face of the districts' rebellion after she unknowingly defies the Capitol in '']''.

*'''Peeta Mellark'''&nbsp;– The male tribute from District 12, who has secretly loved Katniss since they were children. One day he saved her life by giving her bread when her family was starving. He is the son of the couple who own the local bakery.

*'''Haymitch Abernanthy'''&nbsp;– Katniss and Peeta's drunken friend and mentor for the Games. He won a previous Hunger Games by figuring out that there was a ] around the edge of the arena, and used it to outsmart his opponent.

*'''Gale Hawthorne'''&nbsp;– Katniss' best friend and fellow huntsman. Gale is fiercely devoted to Katniss, and their relationship borders on romantic throughout the series.

==Origins==
Collins says that the idea for ''The Hunger Games'' came to her one day when she was channel-surfing, and the lines between a reality show competition and war coverage "began to blur in this very unsettling way."<ref name="Dark Horse">{{cite web | author=John A. Sellers | title=A Dark Horse Breaks Out | url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6568137.html?q=hunger+games | work=] | date=2008-06-09 | accessdate=2008-12-31 }}</ref> She also cites the Greek myth of ], in which the city of ] was forced to send young men and women to ] to be devoured by the ], as inspiration for the nation of Panem; she explains, "Crete was sending a very clear message: 'Mess with us and we'll do something worse than kill you. We'll kill your children.'"<ref name="Dark Horse"/>

== Film adaptation ==
] acquired worldwide distribution rights to a film adaptation of ''The Hunger Games'', which will be produced by ]'s Color Force production company.<ref name="Hungry">{{cite web |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6643639.html?industryid=47141 |title=Hungry? The Latest on 'The Hunger Games' |accessdate=2009-03-14 |author=John A. Sellers |date=2009-03-12 |work=]}}</ref><ref name="Lionsgate">{{cite news | authors=Jay A. Fernandez and Borys Kit | title=Lionsgate picks up 'Hunger Games' | url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3ic096395f454426da4ab38f45275a12fc | newspaper=] | date=2009-03-17 | accessdate=2009-03-18 }}</ref> Collins will adapt the novel for film herself.<ref name="Lionsgate"/>

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