Catching Fire (Hunger Games Trilogy) - Softcover

Suzanne Collins

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9781407139807: Catching Fire (Hunger Games Trilogy)

Synopsis

An embossed foil edition fit for the reigning victor. No other will do. Revenge, romance and ever slimmer odds. Even more addictive than book one!

Katniss and Peeta are still alive. They have defied all the odds to win the brutal Hunger Games, and their Victory Tour now looms. But their triumph has stirred up rebellion – and the Capitol wants revenge. It’s payback time for them. And for their families. President Snow has devised the cruellest punishment imaginable. We won’t spoil the shock by telling you what it is. But it’s murderous. It’s frightening. The body-count is high. And only one of them can survive.
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About the Author

Suzanne Collins' debut novel, Gregor the Overlander, the first book in The Underland Chronicles, received wide praise both in the United States and abroad. The series has been a New York Times bestseller and received numerous accolades. Also a writer for children's television, Suzanne lives with her family in Connecticut.

From AudioFile

This story and audio fulfill the promise of the stunning debut in this series, THE HUNGER GAMES, in which a cruel contest required 24 young people to fight in mortal combat. Carolyn McCormick delivers the first-person narrative of Katniss, the heroine whose brilliant strategy in that book thwarted tradition and turned her and her partner, Peeta, into victors. McCormick's phrasing is clipped, almost staccato, a style that embodies Katniss's secretive, wary attitudes. The tension builds as the oppression of the controlling President Snow inflames rebellion in Katniss and her fellow citizens. At the climax McCormick narrates at a breakneck pace as Katniss and Peeta compete against all previous winners of the combat tournament. Listeners will be eager for the next installment. S.W. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine

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