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My name is Katniss Everdeen. I am seventeen years old. My home is District 12. I was in the Hunger Games. I escaped. The Capitol hates me.

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Suzanne Collins
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: August 10
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hey. I just wanted to make sure you got home, I say. Katniss, I live three houses away from you, he says.
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