Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Paperback)

Catching Fire, the second book in the New York Times bestselling Hunger Games series, is now available in a deluxe foil edition! <p>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. <br></p>

Publishers Weekly,Fresh from their improbable victory in the annual Hunger Games, Katniss and Peeta get to enjoy the spoils only briefly before they must partake in a Capitol-sponsored victory tour. But trouble is brewing-President Snow tells Katniss directly he won't stand for being outsmarted, and she overhears rumbles of uprisings in Panem's districts. Before long it's time for the next round of games, and because it's the 75th anniversary of the competition, something out of the ordinary is in order. If this second installment spends too much time recapping events from book one, it doesn't disappoint when it segues into the pulse-pounding action readers have come to expect. Characters from the previous volume reappear to good effect: Katniss's stylist, Cinna, proves he's about more than fashion; Haymitch becomes more dimensional. But the star remains Katniss, whose bravery, honesty and wry cynicism carry the narrative. (About her staff of beauticians she quips: "They never get up before noon unless there's some sort of national emergency, like my leg hair.") Collins has also created an exquisitely tense romantic triangle for her heroine. Forget Edward and Jacob: by book's end (and it's a cliffhanger), readers will be picking sides-Peeta or Gale? Ages 12-up. (Sept.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

Book format	Paperback
Fiction/nonfiction	Non-Fiction
Genre	Literature & Fiction
Publication date	September, 2014
Pages	439
Reading level	12-17
Age range	12 - 99 Years
Subgenre	Dystopian
Series title	Hunger Games
Number in series	2
Edition	Reprint
Publisher	Scholastic Inc.
Original languages	English
Language	english
Educational level	High School
Awards won	None
Is collectible	N
Character	Katniss Everdeen
Binding type	Paperback / softback
Assembled product dimensions (l x w x h)	9.00 x 6.00 x 1.50 in
Assembled product weight	1 lb
Bisac subject heading	Juvenile Fiction, Young Adult Fiction, Fiction