Author: Collins, Suzanne

Interest age: from c 12 years

Published on 1 October 2024 by Scholastic US in the United States.

Hardback | 368 pages
214 x 264 x 38 | 1424g

The first iconic book in the number one global YA blockbuster

Hunger Games series, now sumptuously illustrated

by Nico Delort.

A must-have addition to the shelves of the series' millions

of fans worldwide. This is The Hunger Games as you

have never seen it before!

pre-order Sunrise On the Reaping - the fifth book

in the Hunger Games series - coming March 2025

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.

'A violent, jarring, speed-rap of a novel that generates nearly

constant suspense. . . . I couldn't stop reading.' Stephen

King, Entertainment Weekly

'I was so obsessed with this book. . . . The Hunger Games

is amazing.' Stephenie Meyer, author of the

Twilight saga

'Brilliantly plotted and perfectly paced.' John

Green, The New York Times Book Review

Nico Delort is the celebrated artist of Babel

by RF Kuang - their astonishing art is the perfect pairing

with Suzanne Collins' iconic world. This book contains 30 pieces

of stunning art.

Three books, four films and one worldwide phenomenon, The

Hunger Games original trilogy changed the face of global YA.

All three of the Hunger Games original novels

have been made into major feature films, starring Jennifer Lawrence,

Josh Hutcherson & Liam Hemsworth

The best-selling prequel to The

Hunger Games, The Ballad of Songbirds

and Snakes, was a global number one feature film

in autumn 2023 and a number one New York Times and The

Times bestseller in hardback in May 2020.

OTHER BOOKS IN THE SERIES coming soon into illustrated

editions

Catching Fire

Mockingjay

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

Sunrise On the Reaping - the

fifth book in the Hunger Games series

- coming March 2025 & a film

adaptation is slated for November 2026