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Abstract: Could you survive on your own, in the wild, with everyone out to make sure you don't live to see the morning? In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives alone with her mother and younger sister, regards it as a death sentence when she is forced to represent her district in the Games. But Katniss has been close to dead before -and survival, for her, is second nature. Without really meaning to, she becomes a contender. But if she is to win, she will have to start making choices that weigh survival against humanity and life against love.New York Times bestselling author Suzanne Collins delivers equal parts suspense and philosophy, adventure and romance, in this searing novel set in a future with unsettling parallels to our present."

Abstract: Un'estate a New York. Gregor vive con sua madre, la nonna e la sorella Boots. Suo padre non c'è, era come svanito nel nulla quasi due anni prima. In una giornata come tante, Gregor e la sorella decidono di andare alla lavanderia per fare il bucato, ma all'improvviso la piccola Boots viene risucchiata da una presa d'aria del seminterrato. Gregor, terrorizzato, la insegue fino ad atterrare in un luogo sconosciuto. Una vera e propria città sotterranea, con tanto di quartieri, strade e abitanti: persone che secoli prima avevano deciso di trasferirsi nel sottosuolo. Età di lettura: da 8 anni.