In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitols is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and once girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV.

Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen regards it as a death sentence when she steps forward to take her sister's place in the Games. But Katniss has been close to dead before--and survival, for her, is second nature. Without really meaning to, she becomes a contender.

But if she is to win, she will have to start making choices that weight survival against humanity and life against love.

Die vierde en finale boek in die bekroonde Juffrou Goth-reeks. Vertaal deur Kobus Geldenhuys.

Lord Goth hou ’n musiekfees by die Grommengrys-herehuis, en die land se beste musikante gaan daar kom optree. Ada sien baie uit, maar eers kry sy te doen met haar ouma wat probeer om vir haar pa ’n deftige dame as vrou te kry, ’n sater wat in haar klerekas bly en Maltravers wat weer sy ou streke uithaal. Ada moet seker maak dat alles volgens plan verloop, en gelukkig bied ’n baie interessante huisgas aan om te help …