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Two Generations of Donners: The Sweetshop, Marshmallows, Mayor’s House, Piano, Merrilee’s Illness, Canaries, and the Mockingjay Pin (Whew!)

Posted on June 16, 2025 by Tom Paradis

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WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD for Sunrise on the Reaping, and the Trilogy! Haymitch first introduces us to the Donners’ sweetshop when he buys a “little white paper bag of multicolored gumdrops — Lenore Dove’s favorite,” to share with her later (16-17). The purpose of this… Continue Reading “Two Generations of Donners: The Sweetshop, Marshmallows, Mayor’s House, Piano, Merrilee’s Illness, Canaries, and the Mockingjay Pin (Whew!)”

Category: District 12 Family Tree, Madge Undersee and Family, Maysilee Donner, Sunrise on the Reaping, Trilogy ConnectionsTags: District 12, Donner family, Haymitch Abernathy, Hunger Games, Hunger Games prequels, Hunger Games Trilogy, Maysilee Donner, Merrilee Donner, Mockingjay Pin, Sunrise on the Reaping, suzanne-collins

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Welcome to a virtual place to share perspectives on the full set of Hunger Games books and films, including the Ballad prequel and Sunrise on the Reaping. Future posts may include guest authors, student contributors, and my own topics of interest. Comments on posts are welcome and are reviewed prior to approval.

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  • District 12 Family Tree
  • Enlightenment Thinkers
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  • Lenore Dove Baird
  • Lucy Gray Baird
  • Madge Undersee and Family
  • Magno and Drusilla
  • Maude Ivory
  • Maysilee Donner
  • Mockingjay Pin
  • Music and Songs
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  • Plutarch Heavensbee and Family
  • Sunrise on the Reaping
  • Tam Amber
  • The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
  • The Hunger Games Film
  • The Seam
  • Trilogy Connections
Watch Episode 56 of Into The Arena (Feb, 2023), with Tom Paradis chatting about his university class and recent book, A Place Called District 12: Appalachian Geography and Music in the Hunger Games (and Ballad).
This site inspired by a first-year seminar on the Hunger Games at Butler University.
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