I Am Thankful For:
1. Susan Collins
2. Hunger Games
3. Katniss, Peeta, Gale, Prim...
I was browsing through songs looking for a new song suggestion when I found this 9 year old girl singing. She has AMAZING raw talent, and so the team decided to name her Best Child Voice of the Week. If you follow us we name one child we find singing ( Youtube) each week and post it on Sunday!
Hint: This video has affected our choice for song of the week! Nudge.. Nudge
Hint: This video has affected our choice for song of the week! Nudge.. Nudge
Posted on Sunday, November 20, 2011 by Editor
MTV Interview - Josh Hutcherson
MTV: What about the one that is on fire?
Hutcherson: The one that's on fire, I don't want to say anything about that yet, you'll have to wait for it. It's very cool, I promise you. It's very cool.
MTV: Have you been following any of the fan fervor surrounding the film?
Hutcherson: Obviously the fans are crazy about it, which I'm really excited for them to see it. But for me, I stay away from a lot of that stuff, just because I don't really look at it all that much. But I hear some things people are saying, and it's pretty cool. It's exciting to hear people are that interested in something you're doing, so it's a little nerve-racking, but I'm onboard. The fans for "The Hunger Games," they're die-hard. They're the best fans in the world so I'm really excited for them to see the movie.
Yes we know we are!
MTV: What about the one that is on fire?
Hutcherson: The one that's on fire, I don't want to say anything about that yet, you'll have to wait for it. It's very cool, I promise you. It's very cool.
MTV: Have you been following any of the fan fervor surrounding the film?
Hutcherson: Obviously the fans are crazy about it, which I'm really excited for them to see it. But for me, I stay away from a lot of that stuff, just because I don't really look at it all that much. But I hear some things people are saying, and it's pretty cool. It's exciting to hear people are that interested in something you're doing, so it's a little nerve-racking, but I'm onboard. The fans for "The Hunger Games," they're die-hard. They're the best fans in the world so I'm really excited for them to see the movie.
Yes we know we are!
Posted on Thursday, November 17, 2011 by Editor
Friendship Bracelets are easy to make hunger games related crafts. These are fun to wear, available, and commonly used. *Note: Directions below are for basic swirl design. To create one like in the image to the left you can look up different designs on the internet.
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Source(s): Directions Image
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*Choose Hunger Games Related Color Themes
- Choose several strands of embroidery thread in your desired colors. Embroidery floss is thicker than normal sewing thread and comes in many different colors. You must have more than one color to create a striped effect. The more strands you choose, the wider the bracelet (and the more visible the pattern) will be.
- Measure and cut your first strand. Measure a length of thread slightly longer than the distance from your fingertip to your shoulder, then cut it.
- Use the cut strand to measure and cut the remaining strands. You need to have at least 3 strings to make this bracelet, but you can have as many as you want. 4 to 6 will make a really skinny bracelet; 8 to 10 will make a thick one.
- Don’t feel obligated to make every strand a different color; using the same color multiple times will result in more (or thicker) stripes of that color depending on how you arrange them.
- The most common method is to put a safety pin through the knotted end and then pin the bracelet to the leg of your pants (on your thigh) far enough away that, as the bracelet lengthens, it doesn’t start creeping up your torso.
- Some people leave a little extra thread at the beginning to tie around a toe. Toes can be convenient holders as long as you are flexible enough to reach them.
- For additional flair, make several short braids in the bracelet before spreading the strands out to begin the pattern. Later, you can do the same thing at the opposite end to make the bracelet more interesting (not to mention easier to tie shut).
- Knot the far left thread (Strand 1) around the thread immediately to its right (Strand 2). Loop it over the front of Strand 2, then around the back, and, finally, up through the loop you’ve created. Pull the end to tighten Strand 1 into a knot. Repeat to make a second knot.
- As you knot Strand 1, hold Strand 2 taught; this way, you will tie Strand 1 around Strand 2, not with it.
- Repeat Steps 6 and 7 using Strand 2, tying the new knots below the existing ones. When you’re done, you will have made a second row of colored knots beneath the first.
- Finish the end of the bracelet in braids if necessary. Be sure to make as many the second time as you did the first.
- You can also add charms or beads to the end.
- Tie the loose ends of your strings into a second square knot. Make sure that the knot doesn’t take up any of the length you need to wear the bracelet.
- Trim any loose ends. Your bracelet is now ready to give to a good friend!
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Posted on Thursday, November 10, 2011 by Editor
Summary
Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has won the annual Hunger Games with fellow district tribute Peeta Mellark. But it was a victory won by defiance of the Capitol and their harsh rules. Katniss and Peeta should be happy. After all, they have just won for themselves and their families a life of safety and plenty. But there are rumors of rebellion among the subjects, and Katniss and Peeta, to their horror, are the faces of that rebellion. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge.
Source: Google Books
Reviews
"Collins has done that rare thing. She has written a sequel that improves upon the first book."
--The New York Times, Gabrielle Zevin
"Again, Collins’ crystalline, unadorned prose provides an open window to perfect pacing and electrifying world-building, but what’s even more remarkable is that aside from being tremendously action-packed sf thrillers, these books are also brimming with potent themes of morality, obedience, sacrifice, redemption, love, law, and, above all, survival. Honestly, this book only needs to be good enough to satisfy its legions of fans. Fortunately, it’s great. And if you were dying to find out what happens after the last book, get ready for pure torture awaiting the next."
--Booklist, STARRED REVIEW
"...doesn’t disappoint when it segues into the pulse-pounding action readers have come to expect. Characters from the previous volume reappear to good effect: Katniss’s stylist, Cinna, proves he’s about more than fashion; Haymitch becomes more dimensional. But the star remains Katniss, whose bravery, honesty and wry cynicism carry the narrative...Collins has also created an exquisitely tense romantic triangle for her heroine...by book’s end (and it’s a cliffhanger), readers will be picking sides—Peeta or Gale?”
--Publishers Weekly, STARRED REVIEW
"Stellar, imaginative writing."
--Los Angeles Times
"Beyond the expert world building, the acute social commentary and the large cast of fully realized characters, there’s action, intrigue, romance and some amount of hope in a story readers will find completely engrossing. Collins weaves in enough background for this novel to stand alone, but it will be a far richer experience for those who have read the first installment and come to love Katniss, Peeta, Haymitch and the rest of the desperate residents of this dystopia. A humdinger of a cliffhanger will leave readers clamoring for volume three."
--Kirkus Reviews, STARRED REVIEW
"...this sequel has enough action to please Hunger Games fans and leaves enough questions tantalizingly unanswered for readers to be desperate for the next installment."
--School Library Journal, STARRED REVIEW
"Collins ratchets up the tension in the second book in the Hunger Games trilogy. With a host of well-drawn new secondary characters and more lives on the line, this will keep readers of all ages up long past their bedtimes."
#1 USA TODAY BESTSELLER
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
#1 WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER
#1 PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BESTSELLER
A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE
TIME MAGAZINE
TOP 10 FICTION BOOKS OF 2009
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY'S BEST BOOKS OF 2009:
CHILDREN'S FICTION
A PEOPLE MAGAZINE (TOP 10) BEST BOOK OF 2009
A LOS ANGELES TIMES BEST CHILDREN'S BOOK OF 2009
A BOOKLIST EDITORS' CHOICE, 2009
A KIRKUS BEST BOOK OF 2009
AN AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
BEST BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS SELECTION
#1 YALSA'S TEENS' TOP TEN, 2010
NYPL “STUFF FOR THE TEEN AGE” LIST, 2010
2010 CHILDREN'S CHOICE BOOK AWARD
TEEN CHOICE BOOK OF THE YEAR WINNER
AUTHOR OF THE YEAR NOMINEE
2010 INDIES CHOICE AWARD WINNER--YOUNG ADULT
TOP 10 ON THE FALL 2009 CHILDREN'S INDIE NEXT LIST
BARNES & NOBLE BEST TEEN BOOKS OF 2009
BORDERS BEST BOOKS OF 2009: TEENS
AMAZON BEST BOOKS OF 2009:
TOP 100 EDITORS' PICK
TOP 10 BOOKS: TEENS
--Romantic Times Book Reviews, ****1/2 STARS
Awards
Posted on Thursday, November 10, 2011 by Editor
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