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Library/Book/The Hunger Games (novel)
Grade B20 sourcesHIS-01305

The Hunger Games (novel)

Book · 2008 · Notable

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The original novel sold 11.7 million copies in its film adaptation’s release year.

Trailer · Lionsgate Movies on YouTube
Original cover of The Hunger Games, Scholastic, 2008
Scholastic / Tim O’Brien
Official trailer for the 2012 film adaptation
Lionsgate Movies on YouTube
The Hunger Games film poster, March 23, 2012
Fox News
Suzanne Collins at the Time 100 Gala
David Shankbone / CC BY 2.0
Effie Trinket and Katniss Everdeen at the reaping, from the 2012 film
The Christian Science Monitor

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Milestone date
By end of 2012
Sep 14 ’08 to By end of 2012
Platforms
4
Started on Retail
Origin
Mixed
Media & publishing

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Scholastic circulated advance copies to booksellers and librarians. Readers shared the novel through schools and families. The film expanded book demand; its salute later spread among protesters in Thailand and Myanmar.

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  1. January 2008

    Scholastic precursor · Jan 2008

    Scholastic sent bound manuscripts to booksellers before distributing advance copies.[1][2]

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  2. June 2008

    Publishers Weekly precursor · Jun 9 ’08

    Publishers Weekly reported online buzz and a first printing raised from 50,000 to 200,000.[1]

  3. September 2008

    Stephen King / Entertainment Weekly precursor · Sep 8 ’08

    Stephen King reviewed the novel in Entertainment Weekly before publication.[3][4][5]

  1. seed · Sep 14 ’08

  2. afterlife · Feb 14 ’09

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Origin
Mixed
Sector
Media & publishing
Region
US
Reported figure
—
Evidence
Grade B

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