It is the first book of the trilogy of The Hunger Games, it was written by Suzanne Collins and it was released in September 2008.
It is a science fiction, adventure book thas takes place in the country of Panem. The main character is Katniss that is selected to take part in the Hunger games, a competition in which 12 boys and 12 girls have to kill each other until there is only one left.
The following two books are Catching Fire and Mockingjay.
