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Product Identifiers

PublisherGreenhaven Publishing LLC

ISBN-101420507621

ISBN-139781420507621

eBay Product ID (ePID)113123397

Product Key Features

Book TitleSuzanne Collins

Number of Pages104 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicBiography & Autobiography / Literary

Publication Year2012

IllustratorYes

GenreJuvenile Nonfiction, Young Adult Nonfiction

AuthorElizabeth Hoover

Book SeriesPeople in the News Ser.

FormatLibrary Binding

Dimensions

Item Weight11.2 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceElementary/High School

LCCN2012-005420

ReviewsReview: Suzanne Collins"Junior high librarians will find this series to be a solid addition to their biography section. The tales about each person gleaned from a broad variety of sources show students the value of balanced reporting. The vivid color photos and user-friendly layout of the books as well as their moderate length will provide students with a thorough yet undaunting look at people they care about who are in the news."--VOYA October 2007

Grade FromSeventh Grade

Number of Volumes1 vol.

Educational LevelHigh School, Elementary School

Grade ToSeventh Grade

Dewey Decimal813/?.6 B

SynopsisThis contemporary biography series profiles the lives of some of today's most prominent newsmakers; whether covering contributions and achievements or notorious deeds, books in this series examine why these well-known people garner public attention.; Writer Suzanne Collins was forty-six when she published The Hunger Games, a novel for young adults set in a dark future where North America has been obliterated by war and climate change. The residents of Collins's dystopia are forced to send their childr; Offering insight into the lives of people who have made an impact in the modern era, People in the News volumes are sure to be of interest to students researching current topics and popular culture. Through quotations from the individual profiled as well, Writer Suzanne Collins was forty-six when she published "The Hunger Games," a novel for young adults set in a dark future where North America has been obliterated by war and climate change. The residents of Collins's dystopia are forced to send their children to fight to the death in a sadistic game created by the government. The book wrestles with meaty themes: the effect of war, the dangers of voyeurism in popular culture, and how governments use hunger and threats of violence to control populations. This new edition details Collins's life before the Hunger Games, from the first eighteen years of her writing career in television to her well-received children's book series called The Underland Chronicles. Later chapters explore the phenomenal and unexpected success of the Hunger Games series, a franchise which has a net revenue of over four billion dollars to date.

LC Classification NumberPS3603.O4558Z685