@boggan the hunger games is a book set in a dystopian world in which a country is separated into 12(?) districts, each poorer with their distance from The Capitol. as punishment for an attempted revolution, each district must each year send one boy and one girl to compete in a fight to the death for the capitol's amusement. 24 kids go in and over the course of ~1 week, try to survive until 1 victor remains. Some are killed by competitors, others lack of food or water, injuries, suicide etc.