Book Review: Catching Fire By Suzanne Collins

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“Catching Fire” By Suzanne Collins Zoe Peters English B Honors 5/5/15 Catching Fire is a best-selling book written by Suzanne Collins. It is the second book of the Hunger Games trilogy. Catching Fire is an adventure story that leaves you on the edge of your seat at the end of each chapter. While Catching fire is much like the first book where 24 children are in a competition and are forced to fight to the death but it focuses more on the political involvement of the games as Katniss’ (protagonist) rebellious acts starts an uprising in the districts. Catching Fire was such a success that a movie was made, it was released on November 22, 2013 and produced $409.4 million. A couple of months after winning the 74th annual hunger

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