2. Suzanne Collins
Suzanne has been creating children’s television
shows since 1991, for Nickelodeon. She also has written
children’s books such as: Gregor the Overlander and now
The Hunger Games Series. Suzanne currently lives in
Connecticut with her children and cat.
Found on http://www.suzannecollinsbooks.com/bio.htm

3. Every year in Panem, which used to be known
as North America, the Capitol holds the Hunger Games
to remind the people of the rebels. In the Games there
can only be one winner. If you do not win you die. This
year is the seventy-forth Hunger Games. Two names
will be called from the glass bowl out of the twelve
districts. Katniss Everdeen volunteers for her sister.
Peeta Mellark is next to be called from district twelve.
During the Games, there is a rule changed from one
winner to two winners both from the same district. Will
Peeta and Katniss win? Read the Hunger Games
book #1 to find out.

4. Main Characters:
1. Katniss Everdeen long dark brown hair, brown eyes, self-supplying,
volunteers Prim’s tribute, Prim’s older sister, 16 years old, Peeta’s and
Rue’s ally
2. Peeta Mellark blonde hair, blue eyes, baker’s son, from richer part of
district 12, 16 year old boy, likes Katniss, Katniss’s ally, pale
3. Rue dark skinned, black hair, from district 11, Katniss’s ally, good jumper,
can live by herself, 12 years old
Minor Characters
1. Gale dark brown hair, brown eyes, Katniss’s hunting partner in the district,
good with animal traps, Katniss’s best friend, from the Seam of district 12,
18 years old
2. Primrose Everdeen long blonde hair, grayish blue eyes, Katniss’s sister,
very loving, 12 years old
3. Cato dark hair, from district 1, in the Hunger Games, Katniss and Peeta’s
worst enemy
4. Cinna dark skinned, black hair, Katniss’s stylist, Katniss’s favorite person
from the Capitol

5. Introduction:
oMeet Katniss Everdeen and her
family Rising Action:
oGale and Katniss hunt oPrim’s name gets pulled
oKatniss and Gale tell stories about oKatniss is the first volunteer from
how they met district 12
oThe reaping oKatniss and Peeta get to the
oSetting: District Twelve Capitol
oThe Games start and Katniss
has a good lead
oThe careers chase Katniss up a
tree
Climax: oKatniss kills a girl from district 2
oThe rules get changed from 1 winner to 2 with a Tracker Jacker’s nest
winners only from the same district oKatniss and Rue become allies
oKatniss finds Peeta and start three fires
oKatniss and Peeta become allies oRue is lost for a 1 night and 1
oKatniss goes to the feast and Thresh from day
district 11 saves her oRue dies and Katniss buries her
oKatniss cures Peeta’s leg in wildflowers

6. Conclusion:
oPeeta’s wound gets fixed
up in the Capitol
oKatniss and Peeta get
cured, fed , and puffed up
for their interviews
oKatniss and Peeta return
to District Twelve for their
homecoming and new
Falling Action: wealth and fame
oKatniss and Peeta are the only volunteers left oSetting: District Twelve
oPeeta kills Foxface because she stole nightlock berries and the Capitol
oKatniss shoots Cato in the hand with a bow and arrow while
he is choking Peeta
oCato dies by the shot and falling off the Conicopia and getting
fed to the wild dogs
oRules get changed back to only one winner
oKatniss and Peeta count to three to eat nightlock berries
oAnnouncer comes on and tells them to stop and that the rules
got changed back to two winners
oKatniss and Peeta are the first District Twelve winners in thirty
years
oSetting: the Hunger Games Arena

7. 1. Thicket-n. A thick or dense growth of shrubs, bushes, or small trees; a thick
coppice “A thicket of berry bushes protects it from unwanted eyes.” P. 6
2. Materializes- v. to give material form to; realize: to materialize an ambition.
to invest with material attributes: to materialize abstract ideas with metaphors.
to make physically perceptible; cause (a spirit or the like)
“No one materializes though.” P. 238
3. Protocol- n. the customs and regulations dealing with diplomatic
formality, precedence, and etiquette an original draft, minute, or record from
which a document, especially a treaty, is prepared. a supplementary international
agreement. an agreement between states. an annex to a treaty giving data
relating to it. “I’m not sure if this is exactly medical protocol, but I’m terrified if he
drifts off he’ll never wake again.” P. 238
4. Stalemate- n. Chess . a position of the pieces in which a player cannot move any
piece except the king and cannot move the king without putting it in check.
any position or situation in which no action can be taken or progress made;
deadlock. “We’ve reached a stalemate.” P. 336
5. Asphyxiation- n. to cause asphyxia in or undergo asphyxia; smother;
suffocate “If I don’t do something quickly, he’ll die from asphyxiation and
then I’ll have lost him and Cato will probably use his body as a weapon
against me.

8. Rue played by: Willow Smith
Katniss Everdeen played
by: Josie Loren
Peeta Mellark
played by: Austin
Butler

9. Cinna played by: Blair
Underwood
Gale played by:
Channing Tatum
Cato played by:
Thomas Dekker
Primrose Everdeen
played by: Elle
Fanning

10. What Makes You Beautiful By: 1 Direction
In the seen where Peeta tells the announcer on
the first interview that he likes Katniss.
You're insecure, don't know what for You're turning heads when you walk through the do-o-or Don't
need make-up - to cover up Being the way that you are is eno-o-ough Everyone else in the room
can see it Everyone else but you Baby you light up my world like nobody else The way that you flip
your hair gets me overwhelmed the way you smile at the ground, it ain't hard to tell You don't know
Oh oh You don't know you're beautiful! If only you saw what I could see you'd understand why I
want you so desperatley Right now I'm looking at you and I can't believe You don't know Oh oh
You don't know you're beautiful! Oh oh That's what makes you beautiful! so c-come on!! you got it
wrong! To prove I'm right I put it in a so-o-ong I don't know why, you're being shy And turn away
when I look in to your eye eye eyes Everyone else in the room can see it Everyone else but yo-
ouuu Baby you light up my world like nobody else The way that you flip your hair gets me
overwhelmed the way you smile at the ground, it ain't hard to tell You don't know Oh oh You don't
know you're beautiful! If only you saw what I can see You'll understand why I want you so
desperatley Right now I'm looking at you and I can't believe You don't know Oh oh You don't know
you're beautiful! Oh oh That's what makes you beautiful! Na na na na na na naaaa na na, Na na
na na na na. Na na na na na na naaaa na na, Na na na na na na. Baby you light up my world like
nobody else The way that you flip your hair gets me overwhelmed But when you smile at the
ground, it ain't hard to tell You don't know Oh oh You don't know you're beautiful! Baby you light up
my world like nobody else The way that you flip your hair gets me overwhelmed But when you
smile at the ground, it ain't hard to tell You don't know No Oh oh You don't know you're beautiful! If
only you saw what I can see You'll understand why I want you so desperatley Right now I'm
looking at you and I can't believe You don't know No Oh oh You don't know you're beautiful! No Oh
oh You don't know you're beautiful! No Oh oh That's what makes you beautiful

11. I rated The Hunger Games 5 out of 5 stars. I loved the
book very much and would recommend it to anyone.
Suzanne Collins worded it well and had a great ending.
She also gave it suspense and I kept wanting to read it. I
never wanted to put it down. This was a Fantastic book!