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Author: Valerie Estelle Frankel
Release Date: February 2012
List Price: $6.95
Who was Cinna? What do the hawthorn and primrose symbolize? Or President Snow’s garden and Peeta’s bread? What about Katniss’s last name? Bringing details from myths, herbal guides, military histories, and the classics, English professor and award-winning pop culture author Valerie Estelle Frankel sheds light on the deeper meanings behind Panem’s heroes and villains in this hottest of YA trilogies. In her series, Collins not only weaves a heroic tale of deep complexity but harnesses the power of Shakespeare and Rome to retell an ancient epic of betrayal, violence, and glory on the stage of an apocalyptic future.
From Alma Coin to Wiress you’ll learn about
• Why roses are a flower of death
• Peeta’s pearl and Katniss’s salvation
• How eighteen of the characters are used in Shakespeare’s plays
• Katniss’s nickname Catnip
• Effie the saint and Finnick the Irish hero
• The meaning of “The Hanging Tree”
Valerie Estelle Frankel has won a Dream Realm Award, an Indie Excellence Award, and a USA Book News National Best Book Award for her YA novels. She is the author of four new and forthcoming books on pop culture: From Girl to Goddess: The Heroine’s Journey in Myth and Legend, Buffy and the Heroine’s Journey, Teaching with Harry Potter, and Harry Potter: Still Recruiting.
Full of thought provoking observations, Katniss the Cattail is a quick, clean read for any fan of The Hunger Games trilogy.
--Sarah's Reviews
I found this book to be enlightening. It left no doubt that a significant amount of effort and time was put into decoding a great story...I would highly recommend this book to others interested in discovering the hidden meanings of The Hunger Games.
--My Book Addiction and More
If you're a fan of The Hunger Games, you need this book! Period.
--The Flashlight Reader