AdventureYoung Adult
The Hunger Games
2008·399 pages
In a dystopian future, sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen volunteers to fight to the death in a televised arena to save her younger sister.
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In a dystopian future, sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen volunteers to fight to the death in a televised arena to save her younger sister.
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The Hunger Games is a 2008 dystopian novel by the American writer Suzanne Collins. It is written in the perspective of 16-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives in the future, post-apocalyptic nation of Panem in North America. The Capitol, a highly advanced metropolis, exercises political control over the rest of the nation. The Hunger Games is an annual event in which one boy and one girl aged 12–18 from each of the twelve districts surrounding the Capitol are selected by lottery to compete in a ...
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What's Inside
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Sexual content
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Kissing and some intense cuddling between the leads, with limited sexual undertones; nothing explicit is depicted.
Violence & gore
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Arena combat, child-on-child violence, tracker jacker attacks, burns
Profanity
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Mild profanity and strong language used sparingly
Substance use
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Recurring alcoholism in a mentor character, portrayed as a coping mechanism for trauma with cautionary undertones; no drug use
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No LGBTQIA+ representation
Religious content
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No religious themes present
Magic & witchcraft
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No witchcraft or occult elements
Occult / demonology
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No evidence found in available sources.
Political content
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Central themes of government oppression, rebellion, social inequality, state violence, and media manipulation in a dystopian society
Self-harm / suicide
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Depictions of depression and PTSD with fleeting ideation, but no attempts or on-page acts
Abuse & suffering
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Children forced to fight to the death; young tributes killed on-page. Systemic oppression by the Capitol including starvation of districts, forced labor, and public executions as political control.
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