Costco Connection - March 2012

In the not too distant future, in a place that used to be called the United States, is a country called Panem. Each year, two young representatives from each of Panem’s 12 districts are selected to participate in the Hunger Games. But there’s nothing fun about these games—each participant is forced to literally eliminate their competitors, and every citizen of Panem is required to watch the spectacle, live on television. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, a worthy heroine, volunteers to compete in order to save her little sister from the barbaric tournament. Amazingly, alliances between participants form and friendships blossom despite the overwhelming odds. Reality TV is taken to the extreme in a most compelling way in the futuristic yet very human young-adult series from Suzanne Collins. ;e Hunger Games is the ;rst book in the action-packed trilogy and will be released as a major motion picture on March 23.

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What’s it like to be the all-time record holder for detentions in school history? Just ask Big Nate. Where there’s Nate, there’s trouble. But Nate knows he’s meant for big things—he’s destined for greatness, after all! In Big Nate

Goes for Broke, Nate leads the charge in the ultimate showdown bet ween P.S. 38 and mighty Je;erson Middle School.

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Silver Dolphin boxed activity sets available mid-March

Available from HarperCollins Children’s Books mid-March

Elementary school shenanigans

George Brown’s life is turned upside down by magic—he’s a;icted by gigantic, super-powered BU-U-U-RPS that leave him powerless to control himself. Katie Kazoo is an ordinary student with an extraordinary problem: the magical Switcheroo pops her into other people’s shoes! ;ree-packs mean three times the laughs with the funniest kids in elementary school!

Grosset & Dunlap three-pack sets available mid-March

Paperback available now

The #1 best-selling fantasy series continues Jason is back home but he ;nds himself itching to return to Lyrian. He knows the truth and has the power to save his Lyrian friends, and to defeat the evil emperor. Meanwhile, new enemies emerge, and as Jason succeeds in crossing over, he’s in more danger than ever in Seeds of Rebellion.

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