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Catching Fire (Hunger Games, Book Two)
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Catching Fire (Hunger Games, Book Two) Hardcover - 2009

by Collins, Suzanne

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Katniss Everdeen has won the annual Hunger Games with Peeta Mellark. But it had been a victory won by defiance of the Capitol and their harsh rules. Katniss and Peeta should be happy. But there are rumors of rebellion among the subjects, and Katniss and Peeta, to their horror, are the faces of that rebellion.

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2009. Hardcover.
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  • Title Catching Fire (Hunger Games, Book Two)
  • Author Collins, Suzanne
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition [ Edition: first
  • Pages 400
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Scholastic Press, New York
  • Date 2009
  • Features Dust Cover, Price on Product - Canadian
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 978043902349U
  • ISBN 9780439023498 / 0439023491
  • Weight 1.05 lbs (0.48 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.3 x 5.6 x 1.3 in (21.08 x 14.22 x 3.30 cm)
  • Ages 12 to 17 years
  • Grade levels 7 - 12
  • Reading level 820
  • Library of Congress subjects Science fiction, Interpersonal relations
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008050493
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

Summary

By winning the annual Hunger Games, District 12 tributes Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark have secured a life of safety and plenty for themselves and their families, but because they won by defying the rules, they unwittingly become the faces of an impending rebellion.

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Citations

  • ALA Best Books Young Adults, 03/01/2010, Page 14
  • Asimov's Science Fiction, 09/01/2012, Page 107
  • Booklist, 07/01/2009, Page 62
  • Booklist Ed Choice Youth, 01/01/2010, Page 11
  • Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks, 12/01/2009, Page 0
  • Entertainment Weekly, 09/04/2009, Page 63
  • Horn Book Magazine, 09/01/2009, Page 555
  • Hornbook Guide to Children, 01/01/2010, Page 0
  • Kirkus Review - Children, 07/01/2009, Page 0
  • Library Journal Annex, 06/22/2009, Page 0
  • New York Times Book Review, 10/11/2009, Page 13
  • New Yorker (The), 06/15/2010, Page 132
  • People Weekly, 12/28/2009, Page 71
  • Publishers Weekly, 06/22/2009, Page 46
  • Publishers Weekly Best Books, 11/02/2009, Page 31
  • Romantic Times, 09/01/2009, Page 65
  • School Library Journal, 09/01/2009, Page 154
  • Shelf Awareness, 01/01/0001, Page 0
  • Time, 09/07/2009, Page 65
  • Voice of Youth Advocates, 12/01/2009, Page 418

About the author

Suzanne Collins is the author of the bestselling Underland Chronicles series, which started with Gregor the Overlander. Her groundbreaking young adult novels, The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, and Mockingjay, were New York Times bestsellers, received wide praise, and were the basis for four popular films. She returned to the world of Panem with The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. Year of the Jungle, her picture book based on the year her father was deployed in Vietnam, was published in 2013 to great critical acclaim. To date, her books have been published in fifty-three languages around the world.