Katniss the Cattail by Valerie Estelle Frankel

Typically dealing with popular culture, some of her most popular books are Who Tells Your Story: History, Pop Culture, and Hidden Meanings in the Musical Phenomenon Hamilton, Katniss the Cattail: An Unauthorized Guide to Names and Symbols in Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games, and History, Homages and the Highlands: An Outlander Guide. 'I would highly recommend this book to others interested in discovering the hidden meanings of The Hunger Games.Valerie Estelle Frankel is an award-winning author (Dream Realm Award, Indie Excellence Award, and USA Book News National Best Book Award) who has written over 80 books. 'If you dig The Hunger Games like crazy, this book lets you glimpse at it a bit closer' -The Book Wurrm 'Full of thought provoking observations, Katniss the Cattailis a quick, clean read for any fan of The Hunger Games trilogy.' -Sarah's Reviews Every time I read something “new” about a character, my brain started turning.' -The Flashlight Reader

'If you're a fan of The Hunger Games, you need this book! Period.I devoured this book the moment I opened my mailbox.

Effie the saint and Finnick the Irish hero.

How eighteen of the characters are used in Shakespeare’s plays.

There’s a reason Johanna Mason knows more than she’s telling and that Cressida and Messalla betray the Capitol.įrom Alma Coin to Wiress you’ll learn about

Boggs was a civil war general, Plutarch a biographer who wrote skewed critiques on Coriolanus and Caesar. Blight, Cato, and Clove have names that predict their grisly ends, while the evening primrose represents eternal love, youth, and sadness. Katniss the Cattail allows curious readers to look up all the names of Panem and discover a wealth of entertaining, unexpected information. Now, with Katniss the Cattail, those without access to Collins’s bookshelf can discover the fascinating reality behind Panem. But what most readers don’t know is that there’s a library’s worth of history, plant lore, and mythology behind the world of Panem.

Millions of readers around the world have been swept away by the nonstop action and poignancy of The Hunger Games. 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. Who was Cinna? What do the hawthorn and primrose symbolize? Or President Snow’s roses 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.

Katniss the Cattail by Valerie Estelle Frankel