How Did Katniss Everdeen Survive The Hunger Games

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“A picture tell a million words.” In the far future the U.S. becomes Panem, a place of sadness. There are 12 districts, the higher the number, the poorer the district. The hunger games is an annual picking of one girl, one boy, age 12-18, from each district to fight to the death. Our protagonist, Katniss Everdeen, lives in district 12 with her mother and younger sister, Prim Everdeen. Her dad, who died in a mining accident taught her how go hunting with the bow and arrow so she can get the family more food to trade or eat. When her sister gets picked to go to the hunger games she volunteers instead. The boy they pick for the games in that district is called Peeta Mellark. They both survive the hunger games through a special circumstance and

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