Suzanne Collins is an American author born in 1962. She had a varied career writing for television before starting to write novels inspired by Alice in Wonderland. Her most famous work is The Hunger Games trilogy about a dystopian future where children compete in an annual fight to the death that is televised. The first book follows Katniss Everdeen as she volunteers for the Hunger Games to save her sister, joining fellow tribute Peeta as they fight for survival in the competition.

1. Suzanne Collins
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2.  Suzanne Collins was born on August 10, 1962 to a U.S.
Air Force officer. During her childhood she had lots of
writing experience but was constantly moving along the
east coast. She graduated from Indiana University with a
double major in Drama and Telecommunications. Her
career started in 1991 when she was writing kids
television shows on Nickelodeon. She started writing
novels when she met the children’s author James
Proimos. She was inspired by Alice in Wonderland.

3.  The Hunger Games is about a girl named Katniss Everdeen who is a 16-year-old girl in
North America in the future. In their country there are 12 districts and a Capital. District 1 is
the closest to the Capital so it is the richest district and District 12 is the furthest district from
the capital so it is the poorest district. Katniss is an archer in District 12. Every year, each
district has a reaping which chooses 2 people from each district (1 boy and 1 girl) to
compete in the annual Hunger Games. One year, Katniss’s younger sister Prim, was
chosen to go for their district, so Katniss volunteered for her. The boy that was chosen was
Peeta Mellark. So Peeta and Katniss go to the Capital to compete in the 74 th annual Hunger
Games. Before each Hunger Games the contestants get judged on how capable each
person will be in the games. Katniss got a score of eleven. At the start of the games, almost
half of the 24 people die and the other half go in the woods in different places except for a
group that makes an alliance that includes Peeta, who is very strong. The remaining three
at the end of the games are Katniss, Peeta, and Kato. The people at the Capital who are in
charge of the Hunger Games have an announcement saying that there can be to victors if
they are both from the same district. So Katniss and Peeta meet each other. What happens
next, do Katniss and Peeta win together, does one of them win without the other, or does
Kato win? Read The Hunger Games to find out.

4. Main Characters
Katniss Everdeen- 16-yeay-old girl, lives in a poor place, average size,
likes archery.
Peeta Mellark- 16-year-old boy, lives in a poor place, very strong, is the
town baker’s son.
Gayle Hawthorne- 18-year-old boy, Katniss’s friend from district 12, has a
big family.

5. Supporting Characters
Primrose Everdeen- 12-year-old girl, Katniss’s sister, afraid of the
woods.
Haymitch Abernathy- A man that won the Hunger Games when he
was nominated, the coach of Katniss and Peeta.

6.  Introduction
• Meeting the people of District 12.
• The reaping.

7.  Rising Action
• Katniss volunteers for the reaping.
• Katniss and Peeta go to the Capital.
• They make their entrance to the the crowds.

8.  Climax
• The Hunger Games start.

9.  Falling Action
• The middle of the Hunger Games.
• All of the other contestants getting killed.

10.  Conclusion
• Katniss and Peeta end up winning the Hunger
Games and come home to District 12

11.  Utopia- An imaginary place where
everything is perfect.
 Dystopia- An imaginary place where
people lead dehumanized and often fearful
lives.
 Reaping- Cut or gather; to obtain, win.
 Iridescent- a play or alternative of colors
suggestive of a rainbow.
 Racketeers- A person who engages in an
illegal business dealing.

12.  Katniss
Everdeen played by Alexandra
Daddario.

13.  Peeta Mellark played Taylor Lautner.

14.  Gale Hawthorne played by Luke Benward

15.  Haymitch Abernathy played by Brad Pitt

16.  Primrose Everdeen played by Elle
Fanning.

17. A good song for the soundtrack of The
Hunger Games would be “Eyes Open” by
Taylor Swift because it talks about
watching out for yourself because nothing
is safe during the Hunger Games.

18. I gave the book
 ★★★★★
 Five out of five stars because I enjoyed all
of the adventure.