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Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
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Katniss Everdeen has returned home safe after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games along with fellow tribute Peeta Mellark. Winning means that they must turn around and leave their family and close friends, embarking on a 'Victor's Tour' of the districts. Along the way Katniss senses that a rebellion is simmering, but the Capitol is still very much in control as President Snow prepares the 75th Annual Hunger Games (The Quarter Quell); a competition...
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Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
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Immerse yourself in the world of The Hunger Games with this cookbook inspired by every part of Panem!
The Hunger Games series captivates its audience through a storyline dominated by the themes of food, whether characters are hunting for it in the woods of District 12, devouring banquets at the Capitol, or fighting for it in the Games. Get a taste of the food from across Panem with The Unofficial Recipes of The Hunger Games.
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"What must it be like, I wonder, to live in a world where food appears at the press of a button? How would I spend the hours I now commit to combing the woods for sustenance if it were so easy to come by?" - Katniss Everdeen The Hunger Games trilogy captivates its audience through a storyline dominated by the quest for food, with the vast culinary disparity between the impoverished districts and the opulent Capitol taking center stage. Food is both...
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Hunger games: In the ruins of what was once North America, the Capitol of Panem forces two tributes from each of its twelve districts to fight to the death in the Hunger Games. Katniss Everdeen volunteers in place of her younger sister, and must make unbrearable decisions if she's ever to return home.
Catching fire: Home safe after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games, Katniss and Peeta must turn around and embark on a "Victor's Tour" of the districts,...
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Underland chronicles volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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Eleven-year-old Gregor and his younger sister, Boots, return to the Underworld beneath New York City to find the cure for a terrible plague that threatens the life of their mother, as well as the lives of the people, bats, and rats who populate the underworld.
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Underland chronicles volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 12
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English
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When twelve-year-old Gregor finally learns the ancient prophecy, which foretells his death, he must gather his courage to defend Regalia from the army of rats, take his mother and sister home safely, and fight his own dark side.
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Joseph Cotton and Dorothy McGuire star in a 1945 presentation of the Christmas story "I'll Be Seeing You" on the Lux Radio Theatre.
We'll also have a Christmas episode of The Great Gildersleeve, a review of the Hunger Games: Catching Fire, and details about the new iDisciple app.
A Falcon Picture Group audio production.
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This title explores the creative works of famous author Suzanne Collins. Works analyzed include The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, and Mockingjay. Clear, comprehensive text gives background biographical information of Collins. The "You Critique It" feature invites readers to analyze other creative works on their own. A table of contents, timeline, list of works, resources, source notes, glossary, and an index are also included. Essential Critiques is...
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Underland chronicles volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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Twelve-year-old Gregor returns to the world beneath New York City, where he joins forces with Princess Lexa and Ripred the rat to defend the Underlanders and the Nibblers from the army led by the adolescent rat king, the Bane.
14) Suzanne Collins
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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This biography introduces readers to Suzanne Collins, the best-selling author of the Underland Chronicles series and the Hunger Games series. Her books include Gregor the Overlander, The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, and Mockingjay. Readers will learn about Collins's childhood in the United States and Belgium, the influence of her father's military career, her early love of reading, and her initial work as a writer for television shows such as Clarissa...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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The New York Times bestseller by Suzanne Collins is now a major motion picture -- and this is your guide to all of the movie's excitement, both in front of the camera and behind it.
Go behind the scenes of the making of The Hunger Games with exclusive images and interviews. From the screenwriting process to the casting decisions to the elaborate sets and costumes to the actors' performances and directors' vision, this is the definitive companion...
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English
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You've seen movies that transport you into outer space and shove you into the middle of martial arts battles. You've dodged bullets with John Wayne, fought off aliens with Sigourney Weaver, rocketed past planets with Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill, soared with Christopher Reeve as Superman, and driven through walls with Arnold Schwarzenegger. Now, you want to become an action film actor, too... but how? The tough truth of the trade is finally revealed...
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Underland chronicles volume 2
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English
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The action and adventure continue in the second book in Suzanne Collins's masterful New York Times bestselling Underland Chronicles!
Months have passed since Gregor first fell into the strange Underland beneath New York City, and he swears he will never go back. But he is destined to be a key player in another prophecy, this one about an ominous white rat called the Bane. The Underlanders know there is only one way to lure Gregor back to their world:...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Suzanne Collins has created a deeply moving autobiographical picture book about a father who must go off to the war in Vietnam -- and the daughter who stays behind.When young Suzy's father leaves for Vietnam, she struggles to understand what this means for her and her family. What is the jungle like? Will her father be safe? When will he return? The months slip by, marked by the passing of the familiar holidays and...
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Read all five books in the New York Times bestselling Gregor: The Underland Chronicles!
When Gregor follows his little sister through a grate in the laundry room of their New York apartment building, he hurtles into the dark Underland beneath the city. There, humans live uneasily beside giant spiders, bats, cockroaches, and rats--but the fragile peace is about to fall apart.Gregor wants no part in this conflict, but again and again, he and his family...
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An absolute must-read for fans of Shadow and Bone... In a world where the Roman Empire never fell, two starcrossed lovers fight to ignite the spark of rebellion... Londinium, the last stronghold of the Romans left in Britannia, remains in a delicate state of peace with the ancient kingdoms that surround it. As the only daughter of a powerful merchant, Cassandra is betrothed to Marcus, the most eligible bachelor in the city. But then she meets Devyn,...