Suzanne Collins

People in the News

by Elizabeth Hoover

This contemporary biography series profiles the lives of some of today's most prominent newsmakers; whether covering contributions and achievements or notorious deeds, books in this series examine why these well-known people garner public attention.; Writer Suzanne Collins was forty-six when she published The Hunger Games, a novel for young adults set in a dark future where North America has been obliterated by war and climate change. The residents of Collins's dystopia are forced to send their childr; Offering insight into the lives of people who have made an impact in the modern era, People in the News volumes are sure to be of interest to students researching current topics and popular culture. Through quotations from the individual profiled as well

128 pages, Library Binding

First published June 1, 2012

About the author

Elizabeth Hoover is an academic that falsely claimed Mohawk/Mi'kmaq ancestry. She is currently associate professor in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management at UC Berkeley.  Her research focuses on Native American environmental health and food sovereignty movements. Her first book The River is In Us; Fighting Toxins in a Mohawk Community, (University of Minnesota Press, 2017) is an ethnographic exploration of Akwesasne Mohawks’ response to Superfund contamination and environmental health research. Her second book project From ‘Garden Warriors’ to ‘Good Seeds;’ Indigenizing the Local Food Movement (University of Minnesota Press, forthcoming) explores Native American farming and gardening projects around the country: the successes and challenges faced by these organizations, the ways in which participants define and envision concepts like food sovereignty, the importance of heritage seeds, the role of Native chefs in the food sovereignty movement, and convergences between the food sovereignty and anti-pipeline and anti-mining movements. She also co-edited, with Devon Mihesuah, Indigenous Food Sovereignty in the United States: Restoring Cultural Knowledge, Protecting Environments, and Regaining Health (University of Oklahoma Press, 2019). She has published articles about food sovereignty, environmental reproductive justice in Native American communities, the cultural impact of fish advisories on Native communities, tribal citizen science, and health social movements.

Reviews

[Kellee Moye · Rating 3 out of 5]

Whenever my school library gets a new set of non-fiction books, I always try to grab a couple of the ones that interest me so I can try to find some good ones to share here and with students. When my media specialist received a new stack of biographies, I quickly grabbed these two because they are both people I admire yet don't know too much about their back story, how they came to be where they are today or their personal life. I'm always hesitant when I pick up a biography because I find most of the basic biographies quite boring. Now this may be because they are usually about the same old people and include no narrative aspect at all. These books are definitely not about the same old people and I found that they were better than average when telling the story of the lives of these people. It was a nice mix of information and narrative.
This series includes books on entertainment, political, sports and literary stars including Ellen Degeneres, Al Gore, Alex Rodriguez, J.K. Rowling, and Justin Timberlake.

[Alyssa De]

Very informative on her live as a child, and throughout her life up until this day.