The Hunger Games was published in 2003.

Panem is the name of the country where the story takes place.

The Capitol is a poor area ruled by twelve rich districts.

Katniss’s sister, Prim, volunteers to take part in the Hunger Games.

Each district sends one tribute to the Hunger Games.

Suzanne Collins got the idea for the book after watching a mix of reality TV and war news.

The Hunger Games was the first young adult book to sell one million e-books.

Suzanne Collins enjoyed writing about death and violence in the book.

Peeta is the tribute boy from District 12.