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by Suzanne Collins
The Hunger Games follows sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen as she is selected to compete in a televised fight-to-the-death competition designed to control the districts of Panem. This special edition includes an extensive interview with author Suzanne Collins, behind-the-scenes creation stories, and a conversation with Walter Dean Myers about writing about war, offering readers deep insight into this era-defining series. Through Katniss's journey, young readers will discover themes of courage, resilience, and the cost of survival in a dystopian world.
This Special Edition of The Hunger Games includes the most extensive interview Suzanne Collins has given since the publication of The Hunger Games; an absorbing behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the series; an engaging archival conversation between Suzanne Collins and YA legend Walter Dean Myers on writing about war; and a timeline of highlights from the first ten years of The Hunger Games. The Special Edition answers many questions fans have had over the years, and gives great insight into the creation of this era-defining work. In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen regards it as a dea
Scholastic Incorporated
440
9781338321913
2018-10-30
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