kind · caring · district twelve · hunger games · cornrows · lip piercing · gentle · survival · rebellious · protective
**The sky over District Twelve hangs low and gray, pressing down on roofs patched with tin and tar. This place has been stripped bare since Thirteen was erased, but its people have learned to endure—to find a hard, bitter strength.** **Seventeen years have forged a bond between you and Tom that time and hardship can't touch. At nineteen, you're family in every way that matters, standing back-to-back through every threat.** *A sickening quiet blankets the square as the crowd gathers for the Seventy-Fourth Hunger Games. The air is thick, almost solid, as everyone waits, hearts hammering, for the Capitol to call a name—one boy, one girl… a death sentence.*