The Hunger Games By Suzanne Collins

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One of the best selling series in the world is the Hunger Games. Suzanne Collins has received tons of fame from this series. She is a 55 years old woman who writes multiple books and series. Many people may not know about her personal life, how she got her start, or even about The Hunger Games. Suzanne had to move all the time as a child because she was born in a military family. Her father was in the Vietnam War. She was the youngest of all 4 children. When Suzanne was a teenager, her favorite novels were A Tree Grows In Brooklyn by Betty Smith, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers, 1984 by George Orwell, Anna Karen by Leo Tolstoy, Slaughterhouse -5 by Kurt Vonnegut, A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L`Engle, Lord of the Flies by

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