A tessera is something that families get if they have no food. For every time a family gets a tessera, one of the kids gets another 4 slips of paper in the reaping with their name on it. Then the mayor of that district will give that family some food (normally grain).
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Tesserae, which you receive by putting you name in the reaping balls more than your required
12-14 in the Trilogy. So I'm guessing 12 in 'The Hunger Games' and 14 by the time of 'Mockingjay'. He is at least 12 in Catching Fire because Katniss remarks how he signs up for tesserae.
The Hunger Games
There's a peacekeeper far front of the Justice Building. You can get the tesserae from him.
tesserae is where if your in need of food, you can put your name in the draw for The Hunger Games another time for a supply of grains and oil for your family. In the Hunger Games Gale does tessrae.
poopy face bob
poopy face bob
tesserae is what u get in turn for putting your name in more times for the reaping
Tesserae, which you receive by putting you name in the reaping balls more than your required
12-14 in the Trilogy. So I'm guessing 12 in 'The Hunger Games' and 14 by the time of 'Mockingjay'. He is at least 12 in Catching Fire because Katniss remarks how he signs up for tesserae.
chapter seven is on page 86 in the hunger games.
Katniss Everdeen puts her name in multiple times in the reaping in exchange for food in Catching Fire. This act is called tesserae in The Hunger Games series.
The Hunger Games
Signing up for a tessera is a way to get food for yourself and your family in exchange for your name going into the reaping bowl more times. If you are starving, you'd need food and may have no other choice.
Because anyone from ages 12 to 18, if needed, can sign up for a tesserae, but signing up for a tesserae means your name is entered way more than once in the jar where they pick at random the tributes. And since District 12 is basically coal mines, the people are often starving and having no heat