The HUNGER GAMES

OFFICIAL ILLUSTRATED MOVIE COMPANION

by KATE EGANS

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New softcover book, 160 pages, published 2012.

Winning will make you famous, losing means certain death

Go behind the scenes of the making of The Hunger Games with exclusive images and interviews. From the screenwriting process to the casting decisions to the elaborate sets and costumes to the actors' performances and directors' vision, this is the definitive companion to the breathtaking movie. This fascinating book features gorgeous full-colour photos, designers' sketches, and exclusive interviews with all the lead actors, director Gary Ross, and the crew.

Learn about the extremes the actors went to in their auditions and the training they had to undergo in order to embody their characters. Discover details like how the food stylists created just the right breads for each district, and how the special effects team created fireballs in the arena. And there are sneak-peeks of District 12, the Training Centre, the fashions of the Capitol and much, much more.

About the book: The Hunger Games, Book 1 in the trilogy by Suzanne Collins

The Hunger Games takes place in an unidentified future time period after the destruction of North America, in a nation known as Panem. Panem consists of a rich Capitol and twelve surrounding, poorer districts. As punishment for a previous rebellion against the Capitol, every year one boy and one girl between the ages of 12 and 18 from each district are forced to participate in The Hunger Games, a televised event where the participants, or 'tributes', must fight to the death in a large outdoor arena until only one remains. The story follows fatherless 16-year-old Katniss Everdeen, a girl from District 12 who volunteers for the Games in place of her younger sister, Prim.

Katniss Everdeen is a 16-year-old girl living with her mother and younger sister in the poorest district of Panem, the remains of what used be the United States. Long ago the districts waged war on the Capitol and were defeated. As part of the surrender terms, each district agreed to send one boy and one girl to appear in an annual televised event called The Hunger Games. Twelve boys and twelve girls are forced to appear in the live event. The terrain, rules, and level of audience participation may change but one thing is constant: kill or be killed. When sixteen-year-old Katniss steps forward to take her younger sister Prim's place in the games, she sees it as a death sentence. But Katniss has been close to death before. For her, survival is second nature..

All 3 books in the Hunger Games trilogy are available as a set - click here for more information

The Hunger Games Official Illustrated Movie Companion by Kate Egan