What Exactly Is 'hunger Games'?

CNN.com, CNN
Thu, 09/29/2011 - 5:53am

Forget "Harry Potter" and "Twilight." In a few months, "The Hunger Games" phenomenon will be taking over the pop culture world.

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Topics: book adaptation franchise harry potter hunger games twilight

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