Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

Catching Fire (Hunger Games #2)
by Suzanne Collins

YA Dystopian Future
400 pages, hardcover
Target Reader: 14+

Scholastic Press
978-0439023498
Release Date: September 14, 2008



From the publisher:

Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has won the annual Hunger Games with fellow district tribute Peeta Mellark. But it was a victory won by defiance of the Capitol and their harsh rules. Katniss and Peeta should be happy. After all, they have just won for themselves and their families a life of safety and plenty. But there are rumors of rebellion among the subjects, and Katniss and Peeta, to their horror, are the faces of that rebellion. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge.

Series Books: The Hunger Games (bk 1)

I liked this book a little less than the first one, but it was still pretty good. Catching Fire picks right up where The Hunger Games left off. It's a little slow as we get a review of what happened in the previous book but then the pace picks up. Home from the games, Katniss must deal with the fall-out from the games—jealousy, isolation, and the rebellion that's growing throughout the country.

The writing is incredible; the characterization realistic. Some of the plot points were a bit predictable, but not so much that it ruined the reading experience for me.

Again, I was struck with Katniss' inner strength and courage, and with the unfairness of the world she lives in—so like our own at times. Not that we play games to the death, but that we sometimes feel like pawns in another's game.

If you liked book 1, this is a must-read.

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Content Ratings

Language: Mild swearing.

Violence: Violence, death.

Drugs/Alcohol: One of the secondary characters, a previous survivor of the games, is an alchoholic.

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Values/Themes: This is a hard book, but I think it makes you look at your choices and character.

Age Appropriate: Definitely a book for mature teens and adults, not for children.

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