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Monday, 10 November 2014

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay (Suzanne Collins)

"The Hunger Games: Mockingjay" is a novel by Suzanne Collins. It is the last book of The Hunger Games, following 2008's The Hunger Games and 2009's Catching Fire. The book continues the story of Katniss Everdeen, who agrees to bring together the districts of Panem in a rebellion against the cruel Capitol. Mockingjay were published by Scholastic on August 24, 2010. The book sold 450,000 copies in the first week of release.

            



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The Hunger Games book had been adapted into a series of films, with the stars of the 2012 film The Hunger Games having signed on for a total of four movies. On July 10, 2012, it was announced that Mockingjay will be split into two parts, with Part 1 set to be released on November 21, 2014, and Part 2 on November 20, 2015. On November 1, 2012, it was confirmed that Francis Lawrence, director of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, will return to direct the two final movies in the series. On September 13, 2013, it was announced that Julianne Moore will play President Coin.



This is the official trailer for "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay" movie.


Tuesday, 4 November 2014

The School for Good and Evil (Soman Chainani)




"The School for Good and Evil" is a children's fantasy book by Soman Chainani. The School for Good and Evil was published on May 14, 2013 through Harper Collins



The series is set in a world where every four years two children will be chose to attend a school where fairies and witches are made.

The school is a kingdom of fantasy and nightmare. It depends on which one??




 





Silver Dolphins: Moonlight Magic (Summer Waters)


 Antonia is a secret Silver Dolphin. She's responsible for helping the creatures of the bay when their environment is threatened, by responding to the call of her magic necklace. When Antonia goes on holiday, she doesn't expect her necklace to sound until she returns to Sandy Bay. But when exotic sea creatures are in danger, she hears their call. The sea and its creature needs her help. She is always ready to save the sea with kind heart.



The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Suzanne Collins)


"The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" is a 2009 science fiction novel for young adult by the American novelist Suzanne Collins, the second book in The Hunger Games trilogy



The 2008 bestseller The Hunger Games, it continues the story of Katniss Everdeen. Following the events of the previous novel, a rebellion against the oppressive Capitol has begun, and Katniss and fellow tribute Peeta Mellark are forced to return to the arena in a special edition of the Hunger Games.





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Lionsgate announced that The Hunger Games: Catching Fire movie was to be released on November 22, 2013. In April 2012, it was announced that Gary Ross, director of The Hunger Games, would not return due to a "tight" and "fitted" schedule. Francis Lawrence was officially announced as the director for Catching Fire on May 3, 2012. Production officially began on September 10, 2012 and concluded on December 21, 2012.




This is the official trailer of "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" movie.



The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (Cassandra Clare)


"The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones" is a young-adult fantasy book in the New York Times bestselling The Mortal Instruments series, a teenager fantasy series set in New York City written by Cassandra Clare. The novel has been released in several languages, including Hebrew, German, Italian, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Chinese and Japanese.







In the novel, Cassandra Clare includes references to the works of Holly Black, who is her friend.
In the beginning of the book, Clary is drawing and listening to a band called Stepping Razor. Stepping Razor is the name of Ellen Fierch's band in Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale.



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The film adaptation was released August 21, 2013, directed by Harald Zwart and starring Lily Collins as Clary Fray. The film was shot in Toronto and New York.







This is the official trailer of "The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones" movie.

The Fault in Our Stars (John Green)




"The Fault in Our Stars" is a novel by John Green, published in January 2012. 



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The story is narrated by a sixteen-year-old cancer patient named Hazel Grace Lancaster, who is forced by her parents to attend a support group where she meets and falls in love with the seventeen-year-old Augustus Waters, a basketball player

The title is inspired from Act 1, Scene 2 of Shakespeare's play "Julius Caesar", in which Cassius says to Brutus: "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,  But in ourselves, that we are underlings."






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In January 2012, Fox 2000 optioned the rights to adapt the novel into a  film. 
Josh Boone directed a year later, in February 2013. Wyck Godfrey and Marty Bowen produced the film.






This is the official trailer for "The Fault in Our Stars" movie.