Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins - An adventure novel

Suzanne Collins is an American author and cartoon writer. She began her career in 1991 as a writer for children's Television shows and has worked on several television shows.

Catching Fire is the second book in the Hunger Games Trilogy written by Suzanne Collins. According to the story, every year in Panem -- a country located in modern-day North America, the Capitol holds a tournament that is broadcasted in television in which two teen tributes from each of the surrounding districts will fight a gruesome battle to the death. The game is called as Hunger Games and in this game, Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark -- the tributes from poor District Twelve, threatening the Gamemakers to commit suicide at the end of the game, which permitted them both to win.


After winning the game, Katniss and Peeta planned to start a victory tour, which covers most of the districts of the company. In the meanwhile, the sinister President Snow surprises her with a visit and informs her that when she defied the Capitol, she started a chain reaction and has created talk of rebellion in the districts. He also blackmail to kill her best friend -- Gale, if she can’t prove to everyone in Panem that her act was not one of defiance, but that she was instead driven by an extreme love for Peeta.

During her campaign in the victory tour, Katniss faces more problems and blackmails, which made her to decide that she will devote herself in protecting Peeta from their competitors. Can Katniss and Peeta once again win the death game?

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