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In a future North America, where the rulers of Panem maintain control through an annual televised survival competition pitting young people from each of the twelve districts against one another, sixteen-year-old Katniss's skills are put to the test when she voluntarily takes her younger sister's pla...

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Main Author: Collins, Suzanne
Other Authors: McCormick, Carolyn
Format: Audiobooks Audiobook (CD)
Language:English
Published: New York : Scholastic Audiobooks, [2008].
Series:Collins, Suzanne. Hunger Games (Series) ; 1.
Subjects:
Survival > Young adult fiction.
Television programs > Young adult fiction.
Interpersonal relations > Young adult fiction.
Contests > Young adult fiction.
Science fiction > Young adult.
Audiobooks > Young adult.
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Summary:In a future North America, where the rulers of Panem maintain control through an annual televised survival competition pitting young people from each of the twelve districts against one another, sixteen-year-old Katniss's skills are put to the test when she voluntarily takes her younger sister's place.
Item Description:Compact discs.
Unabridged.
Also repackaged by Midwest Tape, Holland, Ohio, 2008.
Duration on packaging: 11 hr., 11 min.
Physical Description:9 sound discs (ca. 10 hr., 30 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience:Suggested audience: ages 15 & up.
Awards:A Junior Library Guild selection
Production Credits:Director/producer, Robert Kessler ; executive producer, Cheryl Smith ; composer, Robert Kessler.
ISBN:9780545091022 :
0545091020 :
Author Notes:Suzanne Collins was born on August 10, 1962. She was born in Hartford, Connecticut and graduated from Indiana University with a double major in Drama and Telecommunications. Collins went on to receive an M.F.A. from New York University in dramatic writing. Since 1991, she has been a writer for children's television shows. She has worked on the staffs of several shows including Clarissa Explains it All, The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo, Little Bear and Oswald. She also co-wrote the Rankin/Bass Christmas special, Santa, Baby! and was the head writer for Scholastic Entertainment's Clifford's Puppy Days. Her books include When Charlie McButton Lost Power, The Underland Chronicles, and the Hunger Games Trilogy. Book one of this trilogy, The Hunger Games, became a major motion picture in 2012 with Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence portraying the main character of Katniss Everdeen. Catching Fire, book 2 of the trilogy, became a major motion picture in 2013. Mockingjay - Part One was released as a film in 2014 and Part Two in 2015.

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