After Katniss was chosen to participate in the Hunger Games, she and her team from District 12 are moved to the beautiful capital. There Katniss is put on display for all of Panem, as she prepare to fight for her life. Before the tributes are sent to fight they must train together. This not only forces Katniss to use her body and skills but, also her mind in order to be strategic about who she trusts, what she hides and how she will survive.

In this dystopian world, Panem is separated into twelve districts and every year to show their compliance and gratefulness to the capital, the districts participate in the Hunger Games. A deadly game where one boy and one girl are chosen to fight to the death for their district. In this book, sixteen year old Katniss Everdeen is forced to participate in the Hunger Games where she must make a choice, to kill or be killed.