Katniss Everdeen is the main character of the book The Hunger Games and the focus of the
entire series. She's is a strong-willed, street-wise 16-year-old girl that had
to grow up early due to the premature death of her father, her mother's frail
condition and the brutal lifestyle of the slums of District 12. She's honed her
skills as a hunter by stalking game in the forest near her home; she's been forced
to hunt out of a need to provide her younger sister and mother with food.
Katniss's world is rocked when her 12-year-old sister's name
is chosen during the District 12 Hunger Games Lottery; she volunteers for the 74th Hunger Games in place of her sister and is hauled off to compete in the do or
die competition, a brutal sport where 24 children and teenagers are forced to
kill one another to be named the winner. By winning, they will be granted
fortune, fame and safety from the totalitarian Capital, the rulers of the land
and the host of the games.
