SUZANNE COLLINS

Bestselling author Suzanne Collins The Hunger Games have been optioned by Lionsgate, first made her mark in children’s literature with the and Nina Jacobson’s Color Force production company New York Times bestselling Underland Chronicles will produce the film with Suzanne Collins set to series for middle grade readers. Her debut for readers write the screenplay. In April 2010, Suzanne Collins aged 12 and up, The Hunger Games (September 2008), was named to the TIME 100 list of “the world’s most immediately became a New York Times bestseller, influential people.” appealing to both teen readers and adults. It was called The publication date for Mockingjay, the thrilling “addictive” by Stephen King in Entertainment Weekly, and final installment in The Hunger Games trilogy, was “amazing” by Stephenie Meyer on her website, and was August 24, 2010. named a New York Times Notable Book of 2008 and a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice. Suzanne Collins has also had a successful and prolific career writing for children’s television. She has worked Catching Fire (September 2009), the second book in on the staffs of several Nickelodeon shows, including The Hunger Games trilogy, debuted at #1 on the USA the Emmy-nominated hit Clarissa Explains It All and Today bestseller list and simultaneously appeared at #1 The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo. She received a Writers on the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Publishers Guild of America nomination in animation for co-writing Weekly bestseller lists. It was named a Time Magazine the critically acclaimed Christmas special, Santa, Baby! Top Ten Fiction Book of 2009, a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice, and a People Magazine (Top 10) Suzanne Collins lives with her family in Connecticut. Best Book of 2009. For more information about her, please visit www.suzannecollinsbooks.com. Foreign rights for The Hunger Games and its sequels have been sold in 39 countries to date. Movie rights for

www.ScholaStic.com/THEhungergameS The thrilling final installment in the bestselling Hunger Games trilogy!

Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. But now that she’s made it out of the bloody arena alive, she’s still not safe. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge. Who do they think should pay for the unrest? Katniss. And what’s worse, President Snow has made it clear that no one else is safe either. Not Katniss’s family, not her friends, not the people of District 12. Powerful and haunting, this thrilling final installment of Suzanne Collins’s groundbreaking The Hunger Games trilogy promises to be one of the most talked about books of the year.