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ABOUT THE AUTHOR READING GROUP GUIDE ABOUT THE BOOKS The Hunger Games Author Suzanne Collins In a future with unsettling parallels remembers in third grade The Hunger Games begins with 16-year- to our present, the nation of reading the story of old Katniss and her friend Gale hunting Panem consists of an all-powerful Theseus, in which King THE in the woods around their impoverished Minos of Crete demanded Capitol, surrounded by 12 oppressed District 12. When her younger sister that Athens periodically Districts that provide all its needs. Prim is chosen to be a “tribute” in the HUNGER send seven boys and seven annual “reaping,” Katniss volunteers Just as the Romans gave their girls to be thrown in the to go to the Games in her place, along population “panem et circenses” Photo credit: Todd Plitt Photo credit: Todd Labyrinth and sacrificed with Peeta, the baker’s son. Once in the GAMES to the Minotaur. “Even as a third grader,” —bread and circuses—to control Games, Katniss must marshal all her she says, “I could appreciate the ruthlessness them by keeping them entertained, skills to stay alive. In the end she outwits TRilogy of this message. Mess with us and we’ll do the Capitol by attempting a double so has the Capitol devised the something worse than kill you. We’ll kill suicide, which forces Capitol leaders to Hunger Games, a survival contest on your children.” Suzanne was also fascinated allow both her and Peeta to live. by gladiator movies. The idea for The Hunger live TV in which teenagers fight to Games came to Suzanne when she was the death. catching fire channel surfing between reality TV shows In Catching Fire, Katniss has become a and actual war coverage. symbol of defiance. It’s now the Quarter Quell, the 75th anniversary Games. Every Suzanne Collins has had a prolific career CRITICAL ACCLAIM FOR 25 years the Capitol devises a new twist, writing for children’s television. She first and this year the tributes will be chosen made her mark in children’s literature with THE HUNGER GAMES from the victors of previous Games. the New York Times bestselling series The Katniss is thrown into the arena once Underland Chronicles. In The Hunger Games, “I was so obsessed with more with Peeta, but again she manages Collins continues to explore the effects of to thwart the Capitol’s plans and war and violence on those coming of age. In this book.” escapes—but Peeta is taken prisoner. a starred review, Publishers Weekly described —Stephenie Meyer, author of the the final book in the trilogy,Mockingjay , as “a Twilight Saga beautifully orchestrated and intelligent novel mockingjay that succeeds on every level.” Collins lives with her family in Connecticut. “I couldn’t stop reading… In Mockingjay, Katniss becomes the face addictive.”—Stephen King, of a full-scale rebellion in TV “propos” (propaganda movies) filmed by the The Hunger Games Entertainment Weekly HC: 978-0-439-02348-1 rebels. Determined to be the one to PB: 978-0-439-02352-8 kill President Snow, Katniss once again “Brilliantly plotted and finds herself in an arena—only this one Catching Fire 978-0-439-02349-8 perfectly paced.” represents a life or death struggle for —The New York Times the entire society. Katniss faces critical Mockingjay choices: Whom should she trust? What 978-0-439-02351-1 should her role be? Do ends justify Also available as audiobooks and as eBooks. means? What is right and wrong? What SUZANNE A more detailed discussion guide is available at truths must she follow? www.scholastic.com/thehungergames COLLINS SCHOLASTIC™ Scholastic Inc. ABOUT THE AUTHOR READING GROUP GUIDE ABOUT THE BOOKS The Hunger Games Author Suzanne Collins In a future with unsettling parallels remembers in third grade The Hunger Games begins with 16-year- to our present, the nation of reading the story of old Katniss and her friend Gale hunting Panem consists of an all-powerful Theseus, in which King THE in the woods around their impoverished Minos of Crete demanded Capitol, surrounded by 12 oppressed District 12. When her younger sister that Athens periodically Districts that provide all its needs. Prim is chosen to be a “tribute” in the HUNGER send seven boys and seven annual “reaping,” Katniss volunteers Just as the Romans gave their girls to be thrown in the to go to the Games in her place, along population “panem et circenses” Photo credit: Todd Plitt Photo credit: Todd Labyrinth and sacrificed with Peeta, the baker’s son. Once in the GAMES to the Minotaur. “Even as a third grader,” —bread and circuses—to control Games, Katniss must marshal all her she says, “I could appreciate the ruthlessness them by keeping them entertained, skills to stay alive. In the end she outwits TRilogy of this message. Mess with us and we’ll do the Capitol by attempting a double so has the Capitol devised the something worse than kill you. We’ll kill suicide, which forces Capitol leaders to Hunger Games, a survival contest on your children.” Suzanne was also fascinated allow both her and Peeta to live. by gladiator movies. The idea for The Hunger live TV in which teenagers fight to Games came to Suzanne when she was the death. catching fire channel surfing between reality TV shows In Catching Fire, Katniss has become a and actual war coverage. symbol of defiance. It’s now the Quarter Quell, the 75th anniversary Games. Every Suzanne Collins has had a prolific career CRITICAL ACCLAIM FOR 25 years the Capitol devises a new twist, writing for children’s television. She first and this year the tributes will be chosen made her mark in children’s literature with THE HUNGER GAMES from the victors of previous Games. the New York Times bestselling series The Katniss is thrown into the arena once Underland Chronicles. In The Hunger Games, “I was so obsessed with more with Peeta, but again she manages Collins continues to explore the effects of to thwart the Capitol’s plans and war and violence on those coming of age. In this book.” escapes—but Peeta is taken prisoner. a starred review, Publishers Weekly described —Stephenie Meyer, author of the the final book in the trilogy,Mockingjay , as “a Twilight Saga beautifully orchestrated and intelligent novel mockingjay that succeeds on every level.” Collins lives with her family in Connecticut. “I couldn’t stop reading… In Mockingjay, Katniss becomes the face addictive.”—Stephen King, of a full-scale rebellion in TV “propos” (propaganda movies) filmed by the The Hunger Games Entertainment Weekly HC: 978-0-439-02348-1 rebels. Determined to be the one to PB: 978-0-439-02352-8 kill President Snow, Katniss once again “Brilliantly plotted and finds herself in an arena—only this one Catching Fire 978-0-439-02349-8 perfectly paced.” represents a life or death struggle for —The New York Times the entire society. Katniss faces critical Mockingjay choices: Whom should she trust? What 978-0-439-02351-1 should her role be? Do ends justify Also available as audiobooks and as eBooks. means? What is right and wrong? What SUZANNE A more detailed discussion guide is available at truths must she follow? www.scholastic.com/thehungergames COLLINS SCHOLASTIC™ Scholastic Inc. ABOUT THE AUTHOR READING GROUP GUIDE ABOUT THE BOOKS The Hunger Games Author Suzanne Collins In a future with unsettling parallels remembers in third grade The Hunger Games begins with 16-year- to our present, the nation of reading the story of old Katniss and her friend Gale hunting Panem consists of an all-powerful Theseus, in which King THE in the woods around their impoverished Minos of Crete demanded Capitol, surrounded by 12 oppressed District 12. When her younger sister that Athens periodically Districts that provide all its needs. Prim is chosen to be a “tribute” in the HUNGER send seven boys and seven annual “reaping,” Katniss volunteers Just as the Romans gave their girls to be thrown in the to go to the Games in her place, along population “panem et circenses” Photo credit: Todd Plitt Photo credit: Todd Labyrinth and sacrificed with Peeta, the baker’s son. Once in the GAMES to the Minotaur. “Even as a third grader,” —bread and circuses—to control Games, Katniss must marshal all her she says, “I could appreciate the ruthlessness them by keeping them entertained, skills to stay alive. In the end she outwits TRilogy of this message. Mess with us and we’ll do the Capitol by attempting a double so has the Capitol devised the something worse than kill you. We’ll kill suicide, which forces Capitol leaders to Hunger Games, a survival contest on your children.” Suzanne was also fascinated allow both her and Peeta to live. by gladiator movies. The idea for The Hunger live TV in which teenagers fight to Games came to Suzanne when she was the death. catching fire channel surfing between reality TV shows In Catching Fire, Katniss has become a and actual war coverage. symbol of defiance. It’s now the Quarter Quell, the 75th anniversary Games. Every Suzanne Collins has had a prolific career CRITICAL ACCLAIM FOR 25 years the Capitol devises a new twist, writing for children’s television. She first and this year the tributes will be chosen made her mark in children’s literature with THE HUNGER GAMES from the victors of previous Games. the New York Times bestselling series The Katniss is thrown into the arena once Underland Chronicles. In The Hunger Games, “I was so obsessed with more with Peeta, but again she manages Collins continues to explore the effects of to thwart the Capitol’s plans and war and violence on those coming of age.