The Hunger Games - Jeffrey Overstreet

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The Hunger Games

A collection of 5 posts

#Ferguson and #Mockingjay

Two guys — a blogger and his friend — after watching the blu-ray of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part One on the friend's giant plasma TV: Blogger: "So, let me get this straight. You were cheering for Katniss and her friends in their rebellion against the evil oppressors."

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (First Impressions)

Our futures will be shaped by the capacity of rising generations to challenge and test what their screens and gadgets tell them about the world, and The Hunger Games is a parable for them, about them, summoning them to demand freedom, human rights, and the truth.

The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games: Did You Ask For Seconds, or Send It Back to the Kitchen?

Time for a post-game show on The Hunger Games. What did you think of the movie? Can you think of other novels for teen readers or young adults that better deserve this kind of treatment and attention?

"It is competent and sufficient, and ... that’s what’s truly, dismayingly disappointing about it."

Here's an excerpt from a thorough, excellent review of Gary Ross's The Hunger Games by Roderick Heath: The Hunger Games Also, in case you missed it, here is my conversation with Hannah Faith Notess, poet and editor of Jesus Girls, about the book.

The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games (2012)

My review of The Hunger Games is up! It's actually a collaborative review with Seattle Pacific University's Response magazine editor Hannah Notess, published at Response. UPDATE: Some responses to the review are starting to show up on my Facebook page.