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Catching Fire

The Hunger Games, Book 2

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Sparks are igniting. Flames are spreading. And the Capitol wants revenge.

Against all odds, Katniss has won the Hunger Games. She and fellow District 12 tribute Peeta Mellark are miraculously still alive. Katniss should be relieved, happy even. After all, she has returned to her family and her longtime friend, Gale. Yet nothing is the way Katniss wishes it to be. Gale holds her at an icy distance. Peeta has turned his back on her completely. And there are whispers of a rebellion against the Capitol - a rebellion that Katniss and Peeta may have helped create.

Much to her shock, Katniss has fueled an unrest she’s afraid she cannot stop. And what scares her even more is that she’s not entirely convinced she should try. As time draws near for Katniss and Peeta to visit the districts on the Capitol’s cruel Victory Tour, the stakes are higher than ever. If they can’t prove, without a shadow of a doubt, that they are lost in their love for each other, the consequences will be horrifying.

©2009 Suzanne Collins (P)2019 Scholastic Inc.
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Featured article: Katniss Everdeen - a Hunger Games character guide


Sister, tribute, revolutionary, the Girl on Fire—Katniss Everdeen has been known as a lot of things, but there is truly no character quite like the heroine of the The Hunger Games series. The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins is set in a future dystopian world where the Capitol keeps a tight hold on Panem, the country made up of what is left of North America, and its strictly divided 12 districts. The main trilogy follows Katniss Everdeen on her journey from an average, impoverished girl in a forgotten district to the symbol of resistance. Here's everything you ever wanted to know about Katniss.

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I’m 11, and this book has had me gripping my hands in suspense while trying to sleep! I normally listen to around 5 chapters a day and finished this book fairly quickly. One thing I have a problem with is that why is the Quarter Quell only a couple of chapters long! And the time before it wasn’t really needed. I found it a tad boring in the beginning. I was really annoyed(?) that why Suzanne Collins didn’t go in depth about the victory tour. And we didn’t get as much info about other tributes unlike the first book. Tomorrow I will finally watch the movie, then get Mockingjay. I was laughing when Finnick was ‘flirting’ with Katniss. I didn’t understand until I read it on the Hunger Games wiki. Being 11 has it’s downfalls. Tatiana Muslany(Sorry if I spelt it wrong!) is a wonderful voice for Katniss. One thing is that for some reason all males either sound like Peeta or Haymitch. I found it confusing. I would definitely recommend this book to absolutely everyone who likes dystopian books. I found it extremely clever to make it a clock! Wow, must of taken ages to write a book this awesome. Thank you Suzanne Collins, Tatiana Muslany, the company who produced the book, the company who published it(I don’t know the name, Schooltastic I think) and of course Audible! It is an extremely gripping read and it’s easy to listen to. Enjoy xxx

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This book is amazing because of all the drama and the story behind it all in the book makes you really connected with the characters and is a outstanding book

Best Book

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Amazingly written by Suzanne Collins, could not put it down. Beautifully narrated by the astounding Tatiana Maslany :)

Totally Amazing

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I love it cause it’s constant
Suspense I LOVE IT
I LOVE EACH CHARACTER
My favourite is Effie such A overacted person but great \

I love it I love it read or listened 4 times

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First half of the book was really slow starting given it was following on from the previous book, second half had really clever plots and twists with a great cliff hanger at the end!

Slow starter but great finish

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