![]() And what scares her even more is that she's not entirely convinced she should try. Much to her shock, Katniss has fueled an unrest she's afraid she cannot stop. And there are whispers of a rebellion against the Capitol - a rebellion that Katniss and Peeta may have helped create. Peeta has turned his back on her completely. Yet nothing is the way Katniss wishes it to be. After all, she has returned to her family and her longtime friend, Gale. She and fellow District 12 tribute Peeta Mellark are miraculously still alive. Forget Edward and Jacob: by book's end (and it's a cliffhanger), readers will be picking sides Peeta or Gale? Ages 12 up.Against all odds, Katniss has won the Hunger Games. (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. But the star remains Katniss, whose bravery, honesty and wry cynicism carry the narrative. Characters from the previous volume reappear to good effect: Katniss's stylist, Cinna, proves he's about more than fashion Haymitch becomes more dimensional. 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. 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. 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. ![]() Scholastic Press, (400p) 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. Suzanne Collins follows her bestselling dystopian novel, The Hunger Games, with a sequel that's certain to cement fans' commitment to the trilogy.Catching FireSuzanne Collins. ![]()
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