Katniss, the girl on fire, has left behind the flickering flames and bejeweled gowns and soft candlelight frocks. She is as deadly as fire itself (p 207).
The Hunger Games are over and, against all odds, Katniss and Peeta of District 12 have survived. But they are not out of danger yet.
Katniss outsmarted the Gamemakers and undermined the Capitol when she suggested she and Peeta eat poisoned berries thereby depriving the Games of a victor.
Now, as their victory tour through the Districts approaches, President Snow visits Katniss. He delivers a warning. Quell the masses by convincing them and him that her actions were not rebellious but rather the result of a love-sick girl.
When Katniss fails to deliver and as Districts begin to rebel, wearing the sign of the mockingjay and rallying around Katniss and Peeta, President Snow takes revenge. The next Hunger Games, celebrating its 75th year, will pull tributes from the existing pool of victors. Katniss is returning to the arena.
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Collins continues her dystopian series with another page turner. Here, Katniss begins to realize her true enemy will not be found among the other tributes. She becomes the unwitting symbol of rebellion among District dwellers.
The tone here remains hopefully as no one crucial to the plot is killed or confirmed dead, though several of Katniss’s friends are punished or killed. A viable rebellion rises, but will the cost be too much for Katniss to bear?
One of my favorite characters to emerge here is Finnik. I look forward to reading more about him in Mockingjay.
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