The protocol for volunteering is after a tribute is reaped, there is a small space of time in which an eligible person may announce that they are to volunteer. For a single person volunteering, it is simple, they take the reaped person's place, the protocol for multiple people volunteering has been described in the books to be "complex" but the actual protocol is unknown.
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Katniss saves Prim from the reaping by volunteering to go into the arena instead of her little sister.Really, Katniss saves Prim from the Hunger Games, not the reaping. When Prim's name was called to come onto the stage so she would be announced as a tribute, Katniss was pulled back into memories. Katniss couldn't stand the thought of Prim going into the Hunger Games, she loved her so much. So Katniss volunteered to take Prim's place, and Prim was saved.
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The hunger games
1. The Hunger Games 2. Catching Fire 3. Mockingjay
Glimmer was 17 in The Hunger Games.