A B C Of Friendship
A friend does most of these:
Accepts you as you are
Believes in "you"
Calls you just to say "HI"
Doesn't give up on you!
Envisions the whole of you (even the unfinished parts)
Forgives your mistakes
Gives unconditionally
Helps you
Invites you over
Just "be" with you
Keeps you close at heart
Loves you for who you are
Makes a difference in your life
Never Judges
Offer support
Picks you up
Quiets your fears
Raises your spirits
Says nice things about you
Tells you the truth when you need to hear it
Understands you
Values you
Walks beside you
X-plains thing you don't understand
Yells when you won't listen and
Zaps you back to reality
The Hunger Games
The nation of Panem consists of a wealthy Capitol ruling twelve poorer districts.
As punishment for a past rebellion, each district must provide two "tributes" (one boy and one girl between the ages of 12 and 18 selected by lottery, the "Reaping") once every year to compete in the Hunger Games; they must fight to the death in an arena.
In District 12, when Primrose Everdeen is chosen in her first Reaping, her sister Katniss volunteers to take her place. Peeta Mellark, a baker's son, is selected as the other district tribute. Katniss and Peeta are taken to the Capitol accompanied by their mentor, Haymitch Abernathy, a past District 12 victor, and chaperone Effie Trinket.
During a TV interview with Caesar Flickerman, Peeta reveals his love for Katniss. She is outraged, believing it to be a ploy to gain favor with Sponsors who can provide gifts during the Games, but discovers Peeta is sincere.
The televised Games begin with the tributes positioned in front of weapons and supplies in and around a structure called the Cornucopia. Katniss ignore Haymitch's advice to avoid the temptation, and barely escapes death in the inevitable melee over the supplies; eleven others are not so lucky.
She tries to get as far away from the others as possible in the forest, but is eventually treed by the Careers. Rue, the District 11 girl, is hiding in a nearby tree and quietly draws her attention to a tracker jacket nest. Katniss drops the nest on her besiegers; the poisonous flying insects kill one and drive the rest away.
After Rue's death, it is announced that tributes from the same District can win as a team. Then Katniss searches Peeta and finds him with a badly infected leg.
Crane eventually unleashes a pack of hound-like creatures, resulting in Thresh's death. Katniss and Peeta flee to the roof of the Cornucopia, where they find Cato, the only other survivor. After a struggle, Katniss wounds Cato with an arrow and Peeta hurls him to the creatures below. With Peeta and Katniss apparently victorious, the rule change is suddenly revoked. Peeta tells Katniss to shoot him. She instead gives him half of the Nightlock (poisonous berries) they collected. Before they can commit suicide, the couple is hastily proclaimed the victors of the 74th Hunger Games.
