The Save: 'Hunger Games' Trilogy Box set

All Boxed Up
Fair Games Since you or your teen will rip through each of them in approximately 17 minutes, 32 seconds, it makes sense to buy all three of the page-turners in Suzanne Collins' popular series — about a vicious dystopia in which teenagers are forced to fight to the death — at the same time. Now you can do just that with the Hunger Games Trilogy Boxset ($28.90*).

That's Kid Stuff Pick up the first four books in Jeff Kinney's illustrated chronicle about hapless middle-schooler Greg Heffley with the Diary of a Wimpy Kid Box of Books ($32.76*), and remember to avoid ''the Cheese Touch.''

Oh, for Keepsake! Three novels by young-adult author Sarah Dessen — Keeping the Moon, Someone Like You, Lock and Key — are collected in the Sarah Dessen Deluxe Gift Set ($21.89*), a specially designed keepsake box with a charm bracelet.

Teeny Tomes Good things come in small packages with Jan Brett's Little Library ($16.31*), a collection of tiny books for tiny tykes, all with a holiday theme and fantastic illustrations.

Take Home the Prizes
Accolades are worth a lot, but that doesn't mean they have to cost a lot. Here are a few examples of books that are prize-y without being pricey.

Man Booker Prize The Finkler Question
This witty and deeply intelligent examination of Jewish identity — a surprise Man Booker winner — reads like a British Philip Roth novel. And it's only $6.50*.

Pulitzer Prize The First Tycoon
Anderson Cooper may report on the plight of the poor, but his great-great-great grandfather Cornelius Vanderbilt contributed to it. At $13*, this study of the robber baron won't rob you.

Caldecott Medal The Lion & the Mouse
Much-lauded illustrator Jerry Pinkney nabbed the Caldecott for his retelling of a famous fable. The moral of the story? It's totally worth the $9.93*.

*Price at amazon.com