Then there's the question of how best to take a book told in the first person and present tense and transform it into a satisfying dramatic experience. The story has to be condensed to fit the new form. When you're adapting a novel into a two-hour movie you can't take everything with you. What is the biggest difference between writing a novel and writing a screenplay?Ī: There were several significant differences. Q: We understand you worked on the initial screenplay for a film to be based on The Hunger Games. While I didn't know every detail, of course, the arc of the story from gladiator game, to revolution, to war, to the eventual outcome remained constant throughout the writing process. Did it actually end the way you planned it from the beginning?Ī: Very much so. Q: You have said from the start that The Hunger Games story was intended as a trilogy. Powerful and haunting, this thrilling final installment of Suzanne Collins's groundbreaking The Hunger Games trilogy promises to be one of the most talked about books of the year.Ī Q&A with Suzanne Collins, Author of Mockingjay (The Final Book of The Hunger Games) Not Katniss's family, not her friends, not the people of District 12. And what's worse, President Snow has made it clear that no one else is safe either. Who do they think should pay for the unrest? Katniss. But now that she's made it out of the bloody arena alive, she's still not safe. She must become the rebels' Mockingjay - no matter what the personal cost.Īll of our books are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. To do this, she must put aside her feelings of anger and distrust. The success of the rebellion hinges on Katniss's willingness to be a pawn, to accept responsibility for countless lives, and to change the course of the future of Panem. Everyone, it seems, has had a hand in the carefully laid plans - except Katniss. District 13 has come out of the shadows and is plotting to overthrow the Capitol. It is by design that Katniss was rescued from the arena in the cruel and haunting Quarter Quell, and it is by design that she has long been part of the revolution without knowing it. Katniss Everdeen, girl on fire, has survived, even though her home has been destroyed.

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