Suzanne Collins

The action and adventure continue for Gregor in this stunning fantasy from Suzanne Collins, bestselling author of the Hunger Games. New cover art coming July 1st! Gregor swears he will never return to the Underland, that strange world below New York City. But he is a key player in another prophecy, this one about an ominous white rat called the Bane. The Underlanders know there is only one way to lure Gregor back to their world: by kidnapping his little sister, Boots.Now Gregor's quest reunites him with his bat, Ares, and the rebellious princess Luxa. They descend into the dangerous Waterway in search of the Bane. If Gregor does not fulfill the prophecy, his life, and the Underland, will never be the same.

The story of a boy who embarks on a dangerous quest in order to fulfill his destiny -- and find his father -- in a strange world beneath New York City.When Gregor falls through a grate in the laundry room of his apartment building, he hurtles into the dark Underland, where spiders, rats, cockroaches coexist uneasily with humans. This world is on the brink of war, and Gregor's arrival is no accident. A prophecy foretells that Gregor has a role to play in the Underland's uncertain future. Gregor wants no part of it -- until he realizes it's the only way to solve the mystery of his father's disappearance. Reluctantly, Gregor embarks on a dangerous adventure that will change both him and the Underland forever.

Follow Gregor in the fourth enthralling adventure in Suzanne Collins' New York Times bestselling Underland Chronicles -- with gorgeous new cover art coming July 1st! In Book 4 of the bestselling Underland Chronicles, Gregor is drawn ever deeper into a brewing crisis. For generations, rats have run the mice out of whatever lands they've claimed, keeping them constantly on the move. But now the mice are disappearing and the young queen Luxa is determined to find out why. Gregor and Boots join Luxa on a simple fact-finding mission. But when the true fate of the mice is revealed, it is something far more sinister than they had imagined -- and it points the way to the final prophecy Gregor has yet to fulfill. His abilities are put to the test in this suspenseful, action-packed penultimate installment of Suzanne Collins's thrilling Underland Chronicles.

The third installment of New York Times bestselling Underland Chronicles, in which Gregor must stop a plague from spreading through the Underland, will feature fresh new cover art, coming July 1st! Gregor's adventures continue in Book 3 of the New York Times bestselling series by author Suzanne Collins. With two prophecies fulfilled, Gregor is now focused on the Prophecy of Blood, which calls for Gregor and Boots to return to the Underland to help ward off a plague. But this time, his mother refuses to let him go . . . unless she is allowed to travel with them. When they arrive in the subterranean city, the plague is spreading -- and it claims one of Gregor's closest companions. Only then does Gregor start to understand how the illness plays with the fate of all warm-blooded creatures. But how can he help combat it?

The stunning conclusion to the riveting Gregor the Overlander series.Everyone in the Underland has been taking great pains to keep The Prophecy of Time from Gregor. Gregor knows it must say something awful but he never imagined just how awful: It calls for the warrior's death. Now, with an army of rats approaching, and his mom and sister still in Regalia, Gregor the warrior must gather up his courage to help defend Regalia and get his family home safely. The entire existence of the Underland is in Gregor's hands, and time is running out. There is a code to be cracked, a mysterious new princess, Gregor's burgeoning dark side, and a war to end all wars.Book Details:Format: HardcoverPublication Date: 4/3/2007Pages: 416Reading Level: Age 8 and Up

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. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge. Suzanne Collins continues the amazing story of Katniss Everdeen in Catching Fire, the second novel of the phenomenal Hunger Games trilogy. Read Chapters one and two to find out what happens next.

The phenomenal fifth book in the Hunger Games series! Sunrise on the Reaping revisits the world of Panem twenty-four years before the events of The Hunger Games, starting on the morning of the reaping of the Fiftieth Hunger Games, also known as the Second Quarter Quell.

Vincere significa fama e ricchezza. Perdere significa morte certa. Ma per vincere bisogna scegliere. Tra sopravvivenza e amore. Tra egoismo e amicizia. La trilogia Hunger Games è uno dei casi editoriali più clamorosi degli ultimi anni: tradotto in oltre 40 Paesi, 90 milioni di copie vendute nel mondo, di cui quasi un milione solo in Italia.

Ambition will fuel him. Competition will drive him. But power has its price. It is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the tenth annual Hunger Games. In the Capitol, eighteen-year-old Coriolanus Snow is preparing for his one shot at glory as a mentor in the Games. The once-mighty house of Snow has fallen on hard times, its fate hanging on the slender chance that Coriolanus will be able to outcharm, outwit, and outmaneuver his fellow students to mentor the winning tribute. The odds are against him. He’s been given the humiliating assignment of mentoring the female tribute from District 12, the lowest of the low. Their fates are now completely intertwined—every choice Coriolanus makes could lead to favor or failure, triumph or ruin. Inside the arena, it will be a fight to the death. Outside the arena, Coriolanus starts to feel for his doomed tribute . . . and must weigh his need to follow the rules against his desire to survive no matter what it takes.

Alternate Cover Edition of ISBN 9788184776218 Katniss Everdeen, girl on fire, has survived, even though her home has been destroyed. Gale has escaped. Katniss's family is safe. Peeta has been captured by the Capitol. Distric 13 really does exist. There are rebels. There are new leaders. A revolution is unfolding. 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. District 13 has come out of the shadows and is plotting to overthrow the Captiol. Everyone, it seems, has had a hand in the carefully laid plans - except Katniss. 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. To do this,s he must put aside her feelings of anger and distrust. She must become the rebels' Mockingjay - no matter what the personal cost.

Sparks are igniting. Flames are spreading. And the Capitol wants revenge. Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has won the Hunger Games. She and fellow District 12 tribute Peeta Mellark are miraculously still alive. Katniss should be relieved, happy even. After all, she has returned to her family and her longtime friend, Gale. Yet nothing is the way Katniss wishes it to be. Gale holds her at an icy distance. Peeta has turned his back on her completely. And there are whispers of a rebellion against the Capitol—a rebellion that Katniss and Peeta may have helped create. Much to her shock, Katniss has fueled an unrest that she's afraid she cannot stop. And what scares her even more is that she's not entirely convinced she should try. As time draws near for Katniss and Peeta to visit the districts on the Capitol's cruel Victory Tour, the stakes are higher than ever. If they can't prove, without a shadow of a doubt, that they are lost in their love for each other, the consequences will be horrifying. In Catching Fire, the second novel of the Hunger Games trilogy, Suzanne Collins continues the story of Katniss Everdeen, testing her more than ever before . . . and surprising readers at every turn.

My name is Katniss Everdeen. Why am I not dead? I should be dead. Katniss Everdeen, girl on fire, has survived, even though her home has been destroyed. Gale has escaped. Katniss's family is safe. Peeta has been captured by the Capitol. District 13 really does exist. There are rebels. There are new leaders. A revolution is unfolding. 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. District 13 has come out of the shadows and is plotting to overthrow the Capitol. Everyone, it seems, has had a hand in the carefully laid plans—except Katniss. 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. To do this, she must put aside her feelings of anger and distrust. She must become the rebels' Mockingjay—no matter what the personal cost.

Could you survive on your own in the wild, with every one out to make sure you don't live to see the morning? In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives alone with her mother and younger sister, regards it as a death sentence when she steps forward to take her sister's place in the Games. But Katniss has been close to dead before—and survival, for her, is second nature. Without really meaning to, she becomes a contender. But if she is to win, she will have to start making choices that weight survival against humanity and life against love.

Ambitie motiveert hem. Competitie drijft hem. Maar macht kent een prijs. Het is de ochtend van de boeteceremonie waarmee de tiende jaarlijkse Hongerspelen worden ingeluid. In het Capitool bereidt de achttienjarige Coriolanus Snow zich voor op zijn enige kans op roem en succes, als mentor in de spelen. Zijn ooit zo machtige familie heeft het moeilijk en hoe het hun verder zal vergaan, hangt af van Coriolanus’ prestaties. Hij moet charmanter, slimmer en geraffineerder te werk gaan dan zijn medestudenten en zijn tribuut naar de overwinning helpen. Maar het zit hem niet mee. Hij krijgt de vernederende opdracht om mentor te zijn van de vrouwelijke tribuut uit district 12, het laagste van het laagste. Vanaf nu zijn Coriolanus en zijn tribuut verbonden door hun lot: iedere keuze die hij maakt kan leiden tot gunst of mislukking, zege of ondergang. In de arena zal worden gevochten tot de dood. Buiten de arena begint Coriolanus mee te leven met zijn tribuut… en moet hij kiezen wat hij belangrijker vindt: de regels blijven volgen of doen wat nodig is om te overleven. De Hongerspelen-trilogie van Collins werd succesvol verfilmd met Jennifer Lawrence in de hoofdrol. Naar alle waarschijnlijkheid zal ook deze prequel snel op het witte doek te zien zijn. Filmstudio Lionsgate is namelijk al in overleg met Collins om haar nieuwe verhaal tot leven te brengen. 'Met dit boek wil ik de focus leggen op wie we zijn als mens en wat we nodig denken te hebben om te kunnen overleven. De periode tien jaar na de oorlog, waarin Panem probeert er weer bovenop te komen, biedt de perfecte mogelijkheid om met deze vragen te spelen en daarmee de kijk van de personages op de mensheid te definiëren.' Suzanne Collins

In De hongerspelen wordt Panem, het land dat ooit bekendstond als Noord-Amerika, getekend door het keiharde regime van het Capitool. Als Katniss' zusje wordt ingeloot voor de jaarlijkse Hongerspelen, waarin 24 jongeren strijden op leven en dood, neemt Katniss haar plek in. Hoe ver zal ze gaan om te overleven? In Vlammen komen liefde, politiek, opstand en intrige samen in de grootste en gevaarlijkste arena ooit. Spotgaai is het bloedstollende slot van de trilogie.

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9783789132209 Schwer verletzt wurde Katniss von den Rebellen befreit und in Distrikt 13 gebracht. Doch ihre einzige Sorge gilt Peeta, der dem Kapitol in die Hände gefallen ist. Die Regierung setzt alle daran, seinen Willen zu brechen, um ihn als Waffe gegen die Rebellen einsetzen zu können. Gale hingegen kämpft weiterhin an der Seite der Aufständischen, und das, zu Katniss' Schrecken, ohne Rücksicht auf Verluste. Als sie merkt, dass auch die Rebellen versuchen, sie für ihre Ziele zu missbrauchen, wird ihr klar, dass sie alle nur Figuren in einem perfiden Spiel sind. Es scheint ihr fast unmöglich, die zu schützen, die sie liebt.

Begleite Katniss in der schwierigsten Entscheidung ihres Lebens: Peeta oder Gale, Freiheit oder Sicherheit, Leben oder Tod? Wirst du spüren, was sie wirklich fühlt? Seitdem Katniss und Peeta sich geweigert haben, einander in der Arena zu töten, werden sie vom Kapitol als Liebespaar durch das ganze Land geschickt. Doch da ist auch noch Gale, der Jugendfreund von Katniss. Und mit einem Mal weiß sie nicht mehr, was sie wirklich fühlt – oder fühlen darf. Als immer mehr Menschen in ihr und Peeta ein Symbol des Widerstands sehen, geraten sie alle in große Gefahr. Und Katniss muss sich entscheiden – zwischen Peeta und Gale, zwischen Freiheit und Sicherheit, zwischen Leben und Tod … --dietributevonpanem.de