The Hunger Games (Turtleback School & Library)

Brief Description: For use in schools and libraries only. In a future North America, where the rulers maintain control through an annual televised survival competition, 16-year-old Katniss's skills are put to the test when she volunteers for the Hunger Games. Brief Description: Originally published in hardcover: New York: Scholastic Press, 2008. Brief Description: "In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV"--P. [4] of cover. Publisher Marketing: 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. Review Citations:

Audio File 02/01/2009 pg. 59 (EAN 9780545091060, Compact Disc)

School Library Journal 04/01/2009 pg. 58 (EAN 9780545091060, Compact Disc) - *Starred Review

Audio File 02/01/2009 pg. 59 (EAN 9780545091022, Compact Disc)

Audio File Best Young Adult 12/01/2009 pg. 34 (EAN 9780545091022, Compact Disc)

Newsweek 07/21/2008 pg. 58 (EAN 9780439023481, Hardcover)

School Library Journal 09/01/2008 pg. 176 (EAN 9780439023481, Hardcover) - *Starred Review

Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2008 pg. 580 (EAN 9780439023481, Hardcover) - *Starred Review

Romantic Times 10/01/2008 pg. 75 (EAN 9780439023481, Hardcover)

Booklist 09/01/2008 pg. 97 (EAN 9780439023481, Hardcover) - *Starred Review

Entertainment Weekly 08/12/2008 pg. 139 (EAN 9780439023481, Hardcover)

Kirkus Review - Children 09/01/2008 pg. 941 (EAN 9780439023481, Hardcover)

Voice of Youth Advocates 10/01/2008 pg. 348 (EAN 9780439023481, Hardcover)

Publishers Weekly 11/03/2008 pg. 58 (EAN 9780439023481, Hardcover) - *Starred Review

Publishers Weekly Best Books 11/03/2008 pg. 33 (EAN 9780439023481, Hardcover)

New York Times Book Review 11/09/2008 pg. 30 (EAN 9780439023481, Hardcover)

New York Times Book Review 11/16/2008 pg. 22 (EAN 9780439023481, Hardcover)

People Weekly 12/01/2008 pg. 64 (EAN 9780439023481, Hardcover)

New York Times Book Review 12/07/2008 pg. 54 (EAN 9780439023481, Hardcover)

Christian Century 12/16/2008 pg. 27 (EAN 9780439023481, Hardcover)

Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 11/01/2008 (EAN 9780439023481, Hardcover)

SLJ's Best Books 12/01/2008 pg. 40 (EAN 9780439023481, Hardcover)

Booklist Ed Choice Youth 01/01/2009 pg. 13 (EAN 9780439023481, Hardcover)

Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2009 (EAN 9780439023481, Hardcover)

Library Journal 12/09/2008 (EAN 9780439023481, Hardcover)

Time 09/07/2009 pg. 65 (EAN 9780439023481, Hardcover)

Newsweek 09/28/2009 pg. 66 (EAN 9780439023481, Hardcover)

Wilson Senior High Core Col 01/01/2009 pg. 90 (EAN 9780439023481, Hardcover)

ALA Best Books Young Adults 03/15/2009 pg. 13 (EAN 9780439023481, Hardcover) - *Starred Review

ALA Notable Childrens Books 03/15/2009 pg. 24 (EAN 9780439023481, Hardcover)

People Weekly 09/13/2010 pg. 69 (EAN 9780439023481, Hardcover)

Entertainment Weekly 10/22/2010 pg. 17 (EAN 9780439023481, Hardcover)

Entertainment Weekly 05/27/2011 pg. 38 (EAN 9780439023481, Hardcover)

People 11/28/2011 pg. 34 (EAN 9780439023481, Hardcover)

Wilson Middle/Junior Hi Catalo 01/01/2009 pg. 804 (EAN 9780439023481, Hardcover)

Entertainment Weekly 11/23/2012 pg. 45 (EAN 9780439023481, Hardcover)

Wilson Senior High Core Col 01/01/2011 pg. 906 (EAN 9780439023481, Hardcover)

Entertainment Weekly 06/27/2014 pg. 22 (EAN 9780439023481, Hardcover)

Entertainment Weekly 11/14/2014 pg. 111 (EAN 9780439023481, Hardcover)

People Weekly 08/01/2011 pg. 50 (EAN 9782266182690, Paperback)

People Weekly 02/21/2011 pg. 51 (EAN 9780439023528, Paperback)

Entertainment Weekly 04/01/2011 pg. 18 (EAN 9780439023528, Paperback)

People Weekly 04/04/2011 pg. 44 (EAN 9780439023528, Paperback)

New Yorker (The) 06/15/2010 pg. 132 (EAN 9780439023528, Paperback)

New York Times Book Review 07/25/2010 pg. 20 (EAN 9780439023528, Paperback)

Entertainment Weekly 12/10/2010 pg. 77 (EAN 9780439023528, Paperback)

People Weekly 03/05/2012 pg. 58 (EAN 9780439023528, Paperback)

Asimov's Science Fiction 09/01/2012 pg. 107 (EAN 9780439023528, Paperback)

Wilson Senior High Core Col 01/01/2011 pg. 906 (EAN 9780439023528, Paperback)

People 04/09/2012 pg. 56 (EAN 9781410419866, Hardcover)

Contributor Bio:  Collins, Suzanne Suzanne Collins is the author of the groundbreaking Hunger Games trilogy for young adults: The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, and Mockingjay. She is also the author of the picture book Year of the Jungle, a Publishers Weekly best book of the year, and the New York Times bestselling Underland Chronicles series for middle grade readers, which started with Gregor the Overlander. Suzanne lives with her family in Connecticut. You can find her online at suzannecollinsbooks.com.