But the book, which Collins expanded into a trilogy that was soon adapted into big-screen blockbusters, wasn’t just a vehicle for a Strong Female Character (TM). An eagle-eyed archer with an equally keen moral compass, this heroine of The Hunger Games’ YA dystopia volunteers to take the place of her little sister in their society’s eponymous annual competition, which pits randomly selected teenagers against one another in a televised death match for the entertainment of a debauched ruling class. Feminist parents and teachers breathed sighs of relief when, in 2008-the same year that Stephenie Meyer concluded her vampire tetralogy-Suzanne Collins introduced the world to Katniss Everdeen. The Twilight Saga created a vogue for swoony, regressive, supernatural romance novels like Marked and Blue Bloods. The mid-2000s was a dark era for teen-girl lit.
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