By: Lois H. Gresh
Genres: Young Adult Adventure
Posted: January 14, 2012
What happens when you fast for days or weeks at a time? What is the worst way to die? Is the electric chair humane? THE HUNGER GAMES COMPANION GUIDE also offers up some survival facts and helpful hints. That being said, this book could be really annoying at times. The author makes a blanket statement about anorexics that many professionals would argue is just not true. The reader can tell that plenty of research was put into this book, but it seems like the research was on the selective side. The reader will pick up different facts throughout history that apply nicely to the Hunger Games series though. It always helps to have an example to hold next to a scene in the book to more accurately picture what is going on. Any fan of The Hunger Games series should enjoy this little explanation - or at least portions of it.
Book Summary
"For all those who adore Katniss and Peeta, and can't get enough, this companion guide to the wildly popular Hunger Games series is a must-read and a terrific gift--especially with the film version hitting theaters in March 2012. Written by the New York Times bestselling author of The Twilight Companion, the book takes fans deeper into the post-apocalyptic world created by Suzanne Collins--an alternative future where boys and girls are chosen from twelve districts to compete in "The Hunger Games," a televised fight-to-the-death. When sixteen-year-old Katniss learns that her little sister has been chosen, Kat steps up to fight in her place--and the games begin. This unathorized guide takes the reader behind the stage. The Hunger Games Companion includes fascinating background facts about the action in all three books, a revealing biography of the author, and amazing insights into the series' major themes and features--from the nature of evil, to weaponry and rebellions, to surviving the end of the world. It's everything fans have been hungering for since the very first book! This book is not authorized by Suzanne Collins, Scholastic Press or anyone involved in the Hunger Games movie"--
by: Lois H. Gresh
St. Martin's Griffin
November 1, 2011
On Sale: November 8, 2011
Featuring: Katniss
256 pages
ISBN: 0312617933
EAN: 9780312617936
Kindle: B00540QQJA
Paperback / e-Book