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The Hunger Games starts off in a country called Panem where twelve districts are surrounding a Capitol. Each district works for the Capitol and gives them the things they do in theiir district. Every year, the Capitol has a game called the Hunger Games. It reminds the districts to not revolt again. A 16-year-old girl named Katniss Everdeen is one of the main characters. She hunts in the woods illegally with her best friend, Gale. They do it because they need to feed their families. Primrose is her sister, we aren'tsure what the mother's name is, but Katniss's dad died in a mine explosion. It killed Gail's dad to. Katniss's mother went into a state of depression. Katniss at that time took over as head of the household. To determine the girl and boy tribute, they have a reaping. The reaping is where 12-18- year-olds put their names in for an exchange for tesserae. You can put your name in the reaping more times to get more tesserae. Effie Trinket is the woman who does the reaping for district 12. They play a short video and then Effie gets right onto to the reaping. The ladies go first and Katniss is surprised to here the name called. It's Primrose Everdeen. Katniss shoots forward but the Peacekeepers hold Katniss back, but Katniss shrugs them off and volunteers as tribute to replace Primrose. Gale grabs Primrose, who has grasped Katniss, and leads her to her mother. Effie beckons Katniss to come up. She tells Katniss to say her name which she does. Prim is crying into their mother. The boy tribute is picked and it's Peeta Mellark. Katniss and Peeta have met before. When Katniss was looking for food in the baker's trash can, Peeta's mom caught her, and Peeta saw her looking for food. Peeta purposly burns two loaves of bread. His mother told him to go and feed them to the pigs, not before she could give him a beating. Katniss was hiding behind a tree in the baker's yard. Peeta somehow knew she was their and threw a loaf to her and fed the second loaf to the pigs. Katniss and Peeta shook hands and then were herded to seperate rooms where people can come in and say their goodbyes. Katniss got a visit from Prim, her mother, Gail, Madge (in the book), and the baker (in book).