‘The Hunger Games’ Movie for Dummies

An Idiots’ Guide

Tributes, mockingjays, the reaping—WHAT? A translation of the nerd talk of Suzanne Collins’s young-adult book phenomenon.

Published Mar. 14 2012 4:45AM EDT

articles/2012/03/13/the-hunger-games-movie-for-dummies/hunger-games-cheat-sheet-berkshire_zdcrkk — Murray Close / Lionsgate

Once unfairly labeled as “the new Twilight,” The Hunger Games has blossomed from young-adult fiction sensation to likely Hollywood blockbuster on its own terms. Literally.

Geoff Berkshire

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‘The Hunger Games’ Movie for Dummies

Tributes, mockingjays, the reaping—WHAT? A translation of the nerd talk of Suzanne Collins’s young-adult book phenomenon.

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Geoff Berkshire