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Plot : Katniss Everdeen lives with her sister,Prim,and her mother in district 12 in the counrty of Panem.Every year the capital hold the Hunger Games where one boy and one girl from each district goes to fight to the death to keep everyone in order and for enertainment.But during the reaping where they chose who goes to the games Prim gets pick but katniss goes in her place with a with Peeta.They train and groomed to be liked by the other citizens so they will get gifts during the games.The games this year were held in a forest area and Katniss hides in trees and hunts to suriveve.After being trapped in a tree above the Careers she meets a 12 year old girl Rue.Rue suggest dropping a wasp nest on them but in doing so Katniss gets stung and almost

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