What is the book hungergames about?

Answer 1

The book is about ayoung girl [Katniss] who inters the Hunger Games. The Hunger Games are a cruel set of killing games. In order to win you have to kill other people to be the last person alive. Will Katniss survive, or die a bad death. I do not recommend this book for young children because of the extreme violence.

its basically a deathmatch ruled by the capitol (rich and rulers). they spilt the u.s. into 12 disticts and each year they choose a male and female contestant from each district. the tributes end up going into an arena and fight untill only one lives. 24 go in only 1 comes out. i disagree with the top anser about not letting lil kids read it. its if your mature eno. but i understand what they are saying. hope i helped!

Answer 2

After her rescue by rebels, Katniss Everdeen reluctantly agrees to become "the Mockingjay", a symbol of the rebellion against the Capitol. As part of a deal, she demands that the leader of District 13, President Coin, grant immunity to all of the victors of the Hunger Games. She demands the right to kill President Snow herself, and asks for her family to keep their cat, Buttercup. In a daring rescue, Peeta Mellark and other victors are rescued from the Capitol. However, Peeta has been brainwashed into hating Katniss, and tries to kill her upon their reunion.

The rebels take control of the districts and finally begin an assault on the Capitol itself, which Katniss is a part of. However, an assault on a "safe" Capitol neighborhood goes wrong, and Katniss and her team flee further into the Capitol with the intent of finding and killing President Snow. Eventually Katniss finds herself pressing on alone towards Snow's mansion, which has supposedly been opened to shelter Capitol children (but is actually intended to provide human shields for Snow). Afterwards, bombs placed in supply packages kill many of these children and a rebel medical team, including Katniss' sister Prim.

President Snow is tried and found guilty, but he tells Katniss that the final assault that killed Primrose Everdeen was ordered by President Coin, not the Capitol. Katniss realizes that if this is true, the bombing may have been the result of a plan originally developed by her friend Gale. Katniss doubts this, but still realizes that she will never be able to look at Gale the same way, regardless of whether he was directly involved in Prim's death.

Katniss remembers a conversation with Snow in which they promised not to lie to each other. When she is supposed to execute Snow, she realizes that he was telling the truth and kills Coin instead. A riot ensues and Snow is found mysteriously dead, having possibly choked on his own blood or trampled by the crowd. Katniss is acquitted due to her apparent insanity and returns to her home in District 12. Peeta returns soon after as well, having recovered immensely from his brainwashing.

In the epilogue, Katniss speaks as an adult, more than fifteen years later. She is married to Peeta and they have two children. The Hunger Games are over, but she dreads the day her children's innocent world is shattered by learning the details of their parents' involvement in both the Games and the war. When she feels upset, Katniss has taken to reminding herself of every good thing that she has ever seen someone do.

Answer 3

"The Hunger Games" follows the story of Katniss Everdeen, who volunteers to participate in a televised fight to the death called the Hunger Games in order to save her sister. Set in a dystopian society, the book explores themes of survival, sacrifice, government control, and rebellion.

Answer 4

She called it this because the "game show" they have to be in is called the hunger games.

Answer 5

IMO, lack of original material. I was surprised by all the buzz it was getting when I saw the storyline, which has been done to death already, but sounds boring too.