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Have you ever read a book that’s so good that you just can’t put it down? The Hunger Games is one of those books that once you start reading it you just can’t put it down because it’s that good. The Hunger Games is a book about a girl named Katniss Everdeen that volunteers when her sister’s name gets drawn for the annual Hunger Games. The annual Hunger Games is when a boy and a girl from each district (there are 12 districts) gets picked and thrown into an arena to fight to the death, and try to be the last one to be alive and win! Katniss and Peeta go to the arena and try their hardest to stay alive. A person should read The Hunger Games because of the well-developed characters, it’s clear and easy to read, and it’s very interesting/full of action.
One reason that people should read The Hunger Games is because of the well-developed characters. The main to characters in this book are Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark. There are a lot more characters but these are just the main two and they are very well explained and you get a lot of their background. “Straight black hair, olive...

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