The Hungger Games By Suzanne Collins

The book is a science fiction / fantasy book about Panem a nation that was formed after the world nearly ended because of fighting. Under the rule of an evil capital children are enlisted to fight to the death on TV. The rest of the country out side of the Capital (the districts) are living in fear that there children will be chosen to fight in the Hunger Games. They also are living in poverty. In Panem, on the continent that used to be North America, hunger and poverty is what all but the privileged few, who live in the Capital know and nothing more is to hope for.
 The poverty is complete with no going outside the gates that surround the districts, no hospitals or clinics not even medical supplies and little food at all makes them little more then slaves. The lucky district with the winning child gets food supplies for a year, only a year. Needless to say life is hard and with no way to get out of it.

This book is fast paced and unpredictable as Katiniss prepares for the games. She makes it to the games and finds out a lot about herself as she fights for her life. In short this is a fast paced book and if you don't mind reading of people deaths in an inescapable arena  and an ending that is totally weird and conflicting, then this is a great book for you.