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ハンガー・ゲーム #1, part 1
ハンガー・ゲーム(上)
24人、生き残るのは1人。
首都キャピトルが12の地区を支配する国、パネム。毎年、12の地区からは少年少女が1人ずつ「贄」として選出され、人工のフィールド「闘技場」に放たれて最後の1人になるまで戦うという恐ろしい行事「ハンガー・ゲーム」が行われる。かつて反乱をくわだてた住民たちに、自分たちの無力さを実感させるための「見せしめ」だ。
貧しい第十二地区に住む16歳のカットニスは、不運にも選ばれてしまった最愛の妹のために、出場を志願する。ともに選ばれたのは、4年前、父親を亡くし飢えに苦しんでいたカットニスにパンをくれた少年ピータだった。ピータのおかげで、カットニスと母、妹は生き延びた。だが、勝つためには、そんな彼の命も奪わなければならない。
闘技場では、自分以外、全員敵だ。
カットニスは、妹に「かならず生きて帰る」と約束する。武器は、父親譲りの弓矢の腕前だけ。
そして、命を賭けた究極のサバイバル・ゲームが幕を開ける──!
首都キャピトルが12の地区を支配する国、パネム。毎年、12の地区からは少年少女が1人ずつ「贄」として選出され、人工のフィールド「闘技場」に放たれて最後の1人になるまで戦うという恐ろしい行事「ハンガー・ゲーム」が行われる。かつて反乱をくわだてた住民たちに、自分たちの無力さを実感させるための「見せしめ」だ。
貧しい第十二地区に住む16歳のカットニスは、不運にも選ばれてしまった最愛の妹のために、出場を志願する。ともに選ばれたのは、4年前、父親を亡くし飢えに苦しんでいたカットニスにパンをくれた少年ピータだった。ピータのおかげで、カットニスと母、妹は生き延びた。だが、勝つためには、そんな彼の命も奪わなければならない。
闘技場では、自分以外、全員敵だ。
カットニスは、妹に「かならず生きて帰る」と約束する。武器は、父親譲りの弓矢の腕前だけ。
そして、命を賭けた究極のサバイバル・ゲームが幕を開ける──!
319 pages, Paperback Bunko
First published August 9, 2012
About the author
Suzanne Collins
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Since 1991, Suzanne Collins has been busy writing for children’s television. She has worked on the staffs of several Nickelodeon shows, including the Emmy-nominated hit Clarissa Explains it All and The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo. For preschool viewers, she penned multiple stories for the Emmy-nominated Little Bear and Oswald. She also co-wrote the critically acclaimed Rankin/Bass Christmas special, Santa, Baby! Most recently she was the Head Writer for Scholastic Entertainment’s Clifford’s Puppy Days.
While working on a Kids WB show called Generation O! she met children’s author James Proimos, who talked her into giving children’s books a try.
Thinking one day about Alice in Wonderland, she was struck by how pastoral the setting must seem to kids who, like her own, lived in urban surroundings. In New York City, you’re much more likely to fall down a manhole than a rabbit hole and, if you do, you’re not going to find a tea party. What you might find...? Well, that’s the story of Gregor the Overlander, the first book in her five-part series, The Underland Chronicles. Suzanne also has a rhyming picture book illustrated by Mike Lester entitled When Charlie McButton Lost Power.
She currently lives in Connecticut with her family and a pair of feral kittens they adopted from their backyard.
The books she is most successful for in teenage eyes are The Hunger Games, Catching Fire and Mockingjay. These books have won several awards, including the GA Peach Award.
Since 1991, Suzanne Collins has been busy writing for children’s television. She has worked on the staffs of several Nickelodeon shows, including the Emmy-nominated hit Clarissa Explains it All and The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo. For preschool viewers, she penned multiple stories for the Emmy-nominated Little Bear and Oswald. She also co-wrote the critically acclaimed Rankin/Bass Christmas special, Santa, Baby! Most recently she was the Head Writer for Scholastic Entertainment’s Clifford’s Puppy Days.
While working on a Kids WB show called Generation O! she met children’s author James Proimos, who talked her into giving children’s books a try.
Thinking one day about Alice in Wonderland, she was struck by how pastoral the setting must seem to kids who, like her own, lived in urban surroundings. In New York City, you’re much more likely to fall down a manhole than a rabbit hole and, if you do, you’re not going to find a tea party. What you might find...? Well, that’s the story of Gregor the Overlander, the first book in her five-part series, The Underland Chronicles. Suzanne also has a rhyming picture book illustrated by Mike Lester entitled When Charlie McButton Lost Power.
She currently lives in Connecticut with her family and a pair of feral kittens they adopted from their backyard.
The books she is most successful for in teenage eyes are The Hunger Games, Catching Fire and Mockingjay. These books have won several awards, including the GA Peach Award.
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October 26, 2025
Enjoying the challenge of reading one of my fave series in Japanese. Some of the words are quite specialist and I can for the life of me remember how to pronounce tribute, but I definitely got faster the more I read.
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Toujours fun les relectures 🥲
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