Pub Date: July 3, 2010
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2007039987
Lexile Code: 0000
Features: Price on Product - Canadian, Price on Product
Target Age Group: 12 to 17
Physical Info: 1.00" H x 7.90" L x 5.20" W ( 0.70 lbs) 384 pages
BISAC Categories:
Young Adult Fiction | Dystopian
Young Adult Fiction | Action & Adventure | Survival Stories
Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Physical & Emotional Abuse (see also Social Themes - Sexual
Quiz #:0000123740 ( Hunger Games (Hunger Games, Book One): Volume 1)
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Reading level: 5.30 |
Interest level: MG+ |
Point value: 15.0 |
Description: The acclaimed author of the "New York Times"-bestselling Underland Chronicles series delivers equal parts suspense and philosophy, adventure and romance, in a stunning novel set in a future with unsettling parallels to the present.
Brief description: Suzanne Collins is the inter-nationally bestselling author of the Hunger Games series, which also includes the novels The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, Mockingjay, and The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. Together, the books have sold over 100 million copies and were the basis for five popular films. Her other books include the acclaimed Underland Chronicles series, which begins with Gregor the Overlander, and the picture book Year of the Jungle, illustrated by James Proimos. To date, her books have been published in fifty-three languages around the world.
Review Quotes:
Praise for The Hunger Games
"A violent, jarring, speed-rap of a novel that generates nearly constant suspense. . . . I couldn't stop reading."
--Stephen King, Entertainment Weekly
"I was so obsessed with this book. . . . The Hunger Games is amazing."
--Stephenie Meyer, author of the Twilight saga
"Brilliantly plotted and perfectly paced."
--John Green, The New York Times Book Review