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From: Megan Schliesman <schliesman_at_education.wisc.edu>
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 09:39:18 -0500
Today is the release date for "Mockingjay," the third and final book in Suzanne Collins's "Hunger Games" trilogy (Scholastic).
For those of you who still want to comment on our broader theme of science fiction for youth, please feel free to continue posting on "Dystopias, Disasters....". At the same time, we invite members of the CCBC-Net to begin a more focused discussion on this trilogy.
SPOILER ALERTS: If anyone devours Mockingjay in the next day (or week) please be sure not to post any spoilers--or clearly label them as such in your subject line so people can choose to skip your message if they wish.
One of the things I'm curious to hear about regarding "The Hunger Games" trilogy and the release of Mockingjay is if you have teen readers anxious and excited for the book's release. If so, what have they said about the books, and why do you think these stories speak to them?
"The Hunger Games" books have certainly crossed over to an adult audience as well. It was a hit with my adult book club and it's a book I often recommend to people who read little y.a. literature, and I'm sure others have had the same experience. If I ask myself why I so often recommend it to adult friends, I realize the answer is on the one hand as simple as "it's a compelling story terrifically told." But I read a lot of great y.a. and I don't typically recommend the other great books I read to a non-y.a. lit audience. So now I'm trying to decide why this book is one I do pass on to other adults. Personally, I appreciate it for so many reasons, from the themes it explores to its characters to the commentary it offers on our world today as it imagines a future drawn from where we are. But the thing I always come back to is pairing of a distinctive plot with a powerful emotional landscape: Collins explores this futurescape she's created through a character (Katniss) and story that are full of ferocity and te nderness.
Megan
-- Megan Schliesman, Librarian Cooperative Children's Book Center School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison 600 N. Park Street, Room 4290 Madison, WI 53706
608/262-9503 schliesman_at_education.wisc.edu
www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/
Received on Tue 24 Aug 2010 09:39:18 AM CDT
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 09:39:18 -0500
Today is the release date for "Mockingjay," the third and final book in Suzanne Collins's "Hunger Games" trilogy (Scholastic).
For those of you who still want to comment on our broader theme of science fiction for youth, please feel free to continue posting on "Dystopias, Disasters....". At the same time, we invite members of the CCBC-Net to begin a more focused discussion on this trilogy.
SPOILER ALERTS: If anyone devours Mockingjay in the next day (or week) please be sure not to post any spoilers--or clearly label them as such in your subject line so people can choose to skip your message if they wish.
One of the things I'm curious to hear about regarding "The Hunger Games" trilogy and the release of Mockingjay is if you have teen readers anxious and excited for the book's release. If so, what have they said about the books, and why do you think these stories speak to them?
"The Hunger Games" books have certainly crossed over to an adult audience as well. It was a hit with my adult book club and it's a book I often recommend to people who read little y.a. literature, and I'm sure others have had the same experience. If I ask myself why I so often recommend it to adult friends, I realize the answer is on the one hand as simple as "it's a compelling story terrifically told." But I read a lot of great y.a. and I don't typically recommend the other great books I read to a non-y.a. lit audience. So now I'm trying to decide why this book is one I do pass on to other adults. Personally, I appreciate it for so many reasons, from the themes it explores to its characters to the commentary it offers on our world today as it imagines a future drawn from where we are. But the thing I always come back to is pairing of a distinctive plot with a powerful emotional landscape: Collins explores this futurescape she's created through a character (Katniss) and story that are full of ferocity and te nderness.
Megan
-- Megan Schliesman, Librarian Cooperative Children's Book Center School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison 600 N. Park Street, Room 4290 Madison, WI 53706
608/262-9503 schliesman_at_education.wisc.edu
www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/
Received on Tue 24 Aug 2010 09:39:18 AM CDT
