Tag: the hunger games
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Sunrise on the Reaping Book Review
When you’ve been set up to lose everything you love, what is there left to fight for? As the day dawns on the fiftieth annual Hunger Games, fear grips the districts of Panem. This year, in honor of the Quarter Quell, twice as many tributes will be taken from their homes. Back in District 12,…
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The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes Book Review
It is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the tenth annual Hunger Games. In the Capitol, eighteen-year-old Coriolanus Snow is preparing for his one shot at glory as a mentor in the Games. The once-mighty house of Snow has fallen on hard times, its fate hanging on the slender chance that Coriolanus…
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The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Movie Review
Coriolanus Snow, an 18-year-old student at the Academy, the most prestigious high school in the Capitol, is assigned, with 23 other students in his grade, to mentor the 24 tributes of the 10th Hunger Games, where the winning tribute’s mentor will be awarded the Plinth Prize, a full-tuition scholarship to university. Coriolanus, son of the…
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Mockingjay Part 2 Movie Review
Katniss, recovering from being attacked by Peeta, who was tortured by the Capitol to alter all of his memories of Katniss, is not doing so good. In an attempt to distract herself from the thought of Peeta, she immerses herself in the rebellion and gets sent to District 2 to try and get them to…
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Mockingjay Book Review
“My name is Katniss Everdeen. Why am I not dead? I should be dead.” Katniss Everdeen, girl on fire, has survived, even though her home has been destroyed. There are rebels. There are new leaders. A revolution is unfolding. District 13 has come out of the shadows and is plotting to overthrow the Capitol. Though…
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Mockingjay Part 1 Movie Review
Recently rescued from the arena of the 75th Hunger Games and settling down in District 13, Katniss is having trouble adjusting. She’s struggling with the guilt of Peeta being taken by the Capitol and the news that District 12 was destroyed by firebombs, with most of the people she once knew being dead. Being underground…
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Catching Fire Book Review
Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has won the annual Hunger Games with fellow district tribute Peeta Mellark. Katniss and Peeta should be happy. After all, they have just earned for themselves and their families a life of safety and plenty. But it was a victory won by defiance of the Capitol and their harsh rules,…
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Catching Fire Movie Review
It’s now winter in District 12, and Katniss has settled down in her new home in the Victor’s Village with her family. She is about to embark on a ‘Victory Tour’ with her lover, Peeta, the problem being she hasn’t spoken more than a couple of sentences to him in months. After a particularly tense…
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The Hunger Games Book Review
Winning means fame and fortune. Losing means certain death. The Hunger Games have begun. . . . 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…