Set In A Dark Vision Of The Near Future, A Terrifying Reality Tv Show Is Taking Place. Twelve Boys And Twelve Girls Are Forced To Appear In A Live Event Called The Hunger Games. There Is Only One Rule: Kill Or Be Killed. When Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen Steps Forward To Take Her Younger Sister's Place In The Games, She Sees It As A Death Sentence. But Katniss Has Been Close To Death Before. For Her, Survival Is Second Nature.