The Hunger Games (novel) The Hunger Games (novel) The Hunger Games is a 2008 dystopian novel by the American writer Suzanne Collins. It is written in the voice 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 televised battle to the death. The book received critical acclaim from major
The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond is the official companion album for the 2012 film "The Hunger Games". The score for the film was composed by James Newton Howard, but the companion album consists primarily of songs by various artists inspired by, but not heard in, the film. "Safe & Sound", by The Civil Wars and sung by Taylor Swift, was released as a promotional single for the soundtrack and is one of only three songs on the album to be used in the film (the others are