2. SUZANNE COLLINS
Suzanne Collins one of the most well-known
writers of Young Adult Fiction today. She has
several works in her repertoire, including ‘The
Underland Chronicles’ and ‘The Hunger Games’.
Suzanne Collins is also popular for her picture
books, ‘Year of The Jungle’ and ‘When Charlie
McButton Lost Power’. Collins was named the
bestselling Kindle author In March 2012, Suzanne
Collins was named the best-selling Kindle author
of all time by Amazon. It was revealed that she
was the author of 29 of the 100 most highlighted
passages in Kindle ebooks. She was also the
author of 17 of the top 20 recently highlighted
passages on an Amazon list.
3. SUZANNE COLLINS
Collins was named a Most Influential Person by
TIME Magazine in 2010. She also became the best-
selling Kindle author of all time in March 2012 for
her hugely successful trilogy – ‘The Hunger
Games’. She worked for Nickelodeon Collins
received an M.F.A in 1989 in Dramatic Writing from
New York University, after which she began a
career in writing for television in 1991. It was during
this time that she worked for several children’s
shows for Nickelodeon, including ‘Oswald’, ‘The
Mystery Files of Shelby Woo’, ‘Clarissa Explains it
All’, and ‘Little Bear’.
8. PANEM
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SETTINGS
Set in a future North America known
as "Panem", the Capitol selects a boy
and a girl between the ages of 12 and
18 from each of the twelve outlying
districts to compete in the annual
"Hunger Games", a televised fight-to-
the-death.
The nation of Panem is divided into 12
districts, ruled from the Capitol.
10. SUMMARY
At the start of the Games, Katniss grabs some of the
supplies placed around the Cornucopia, a structure at
the starting point, and narrowly escapes death.
Half of the 24 tributes die in the initial melee, and only 11,
including all four Careers, survive the first day.
11. SUMMARY
She runs into the Careers, with whom Peeta has seemingly
allied, and flees up a tree. Peeta advises the Careers to wait her
out. The next morning, Katniss notices Rue, District 11's young
female tribute, hiding in an adjacent tree. Rue draws her
attention to a nest of genetically modified venomous wasps.
Using a knife, Katniss causes the nest to fall on the Careers
sleeping below; Glimmer dies, but the others escape. Katniss
becomes disoriented from being stung a few times. Peeta
returns and tells her to flee.
12. SUMMARY
Rue helps Katniss recover, and they become friends and
allies. Katniss destroys the supplies the Careers stockpiled by
detonating mines guarding them, while Rue provides a
distraction.
Katniss later finds and frees Rue from a trap, but Marvel throws a
spear which impales Rue. Katniss kills him with an arrow. She
comforts Rue by singing to her and, after she dies, adorns her
body with flowers, triggering a riot in District 11.
13. SUMMARY
Haymitch persuades Crane to change the rules to allow two
winners provided they are from the same district, suggesting
that this will pacify the public.
After the announcement, Katniss finds a gravely wounded
Peeta. Another announcement promises that what each
survivor needs the most will be provided at the Cornucopia the
next morning
14. SUMMARY
Crane then revokes the rule change allowing
two victors to win. Afterwards President Snow
crowns both of them victors of the 74th Hunger
Games and later return home as heroes.
