Authors and artists for young adults. Suzanne Collins.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
The life of Suzanne Collins / Authors and Artists for Young Adults -- Suzanne Collins is something of a mystery / Claire Armistead -- The last battle : with Mockingjay on its way, Suzanne Collins weighs in on Katniss and the Capitol / Rick Margolis -- The hunger games changed Suzanne Collins's life / Hillel Italie -- The hunger games taps into adolescent issues of dating and death / Brian Bethune -- Violence in The hunger games is a reflection of our own world / Rebecca Keegan -- Love is the strongest weapon in The hunger games / Mary Borsellino -- Katniss becomes a killer kid / Lois H. Gresh -- Indicting violence : a pacifist review of The hunger games trilogy / Marty Troyer -- Glamour of evil or glimmer of hope? / Patrick O'Hannigan -- The hunger games distorts the reality of war / Paul K. Chappell -- Governments perpetrate violence in contemporary fictions / James Warner -- The Mockingjay revolution is not a just war / Louis Melancon -- Violent teens should not be treated as adults / Sarah Alice Brown -- There is no correlation between violent movies and societal violence / Robert M. Schwartz -- Media violence and the Connecticut shootings / James Hirsen -- Media violence by itself does not cause mass killings / Arline Kaplan -- Mass shootings by the mentally disturbed can be mitigated / Dennis Grantham -- Dark and violent books help teens through adolescence / Mary Elizabeth Williams.
Summary:
"This series brings together the disciplines of sociology and literature. It looks at a work of literature through the lens of the major social issue that is reflected in it"-- Provided by publisher.
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