The Hunger Games #1 Teen & Young Adult Multigenerational Family Fiction Through the rigors of squad

Through the rigors of squad training and amped up social pressures (not to mention micro aggressions and other queer youth problems)

Valissa the Beautiful (Russia)

Writers Ethan and Naomi Sacks

up to  the equal-opportunity spotlight in America

The Hunger Games #1 Teen & Young Adult Multigenerational Family Fiction Through the rigors of squadIn the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. Long ago the districts waged war on the Capitol and were defeated. As part of the surrender terms, each district agreed to send one boy and one girl to appear in an annual televised event called, "The Hunger Games," a fight to the death on live TV. Sixteen year old Katniss Everdeen, who lives alone with her mother