The Girl Who Was on Fire. Your Favorite Authors on Suzanne Collins' Hunger Games Series

220 Pages·2012·1.52 MB·English

by  Leah Wilson

THE
GIRL WHO WAS ON FIRE
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THIS PUBLICATION HAS NOT BEEN PREPARED, APPROVED, OR LICENSED BY ANY
ENTITY THAT CREATED OR PRODUCED THE WELL-KNOWN BOOK OR FILM SERIES THE
HUNGER GAMES.
“Why So Hungry for the Hunger Games?” Copyright © 2010 by Sarah Rees Brennan “Team Katniss”
Copyright © 2010 by Jennifer Lynn Barnes “Your Heart Is a Weapon the Size of Your Fist” Copyright ©
2010 by Mary Borsellino “Smoke and Mirrors” Copyright © 2010 by Elizabeth Marraffino “Someone to
Watch Over Me” Copyright © 2010 by Lili Wilkinson “Reality Hunger” Copyright © 2010 by Ned Vizzini
“Panem et Circenses” Copyright © 2010 by Carrie Ryan
“Not So Weird Science” Copyright © 2010 by Cara Lockwood “Hunger Game Theory” Copyright © 2011
Diana Peterfreund “Crime of Fashion” Copyright © 2010 by Terri Clark
“Bent, Shattered, and Mended” Copyright © 2010 by Blythe Woolston “Did the Third Book Suck?”
Copyright © 2011 Brent Hartinger “The Politics of Mockingjay” Copyright © 2010 by Sarah Darer Littman
“Gale: Knight. Cowboy. Badass.” Copyright © 2011 Jackson Pearce “The Inevitable Decline of
Decadence” Copyright © 2010 by Adrienne Kress “Community in the Face of Tyranny” Copyright © 2010
by Bree Despain The Panem Companion Excerpt Copyright © 2011 by V. Arrow Other Materials Copyright
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CONTENTS
Introduction
Why So Hungry for the Hunger Games?
SARAH REES BRENNAN
Team Katniss
JENNIFER LYNN BARNES
Your Heart Is a Weapon the Size of Your Fist
MARY BORSELLINO
Smoke and Mirrors
ELIZABETH M. REES
Someone to Watch Over Me
LILI WILKINSON
Reality Hunger
NED VIZZINI
Panem et Circenses
CARRIE RYAN
Not So Weird Science
CARA LOCKWOOD
Hunger Game Theory
DIANA PETERFREUND
Crime of Fashion
TERRI CLARK
Bent, Shattered, and Mended
BLYTHE WOOLSTON
Did the Third Book Suck?
BRENT HARTINGER
The Politics of Mockingjay
SARAH DARER LITTMAN
Gale: Knight. Cowboy. Badass.
JACKSON PEARCE
The Inevitable Decline of Decadence
ADRIENNE KRESS
Community in the Face of Tyranny
BREE DESPAIN
Acknowledgments
Dear e-book reader,
Maybe you’re wondering: What is it about this book that makes it a movie edition? The essays that
follow don’t talk about the movie; they only cover the book.
The reason we’re calling this the Movie Edition is that it gives you access to a movie-related
extra we’re excited about: our writers’ thoughts about the film version of The Hunger Games.
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Happy reading!
Leah