Catching Fire is the sequel to the Hunger Games. The Hunger games is about a girl named Katniss Everdeen who had to go in a huge arena and fight 23 other kids to the death. There are 12 districts, each one has to send 2 kids to the Hunger Games. A girl and a boy. Katniss and a boy named Peeta were sent to the Hunger Games. They both won, and since they are in the same district, they didn’t kill each other. Catching Fire is all about what they do after the games. They have to pretend that they are in love with each other or they will be in huge trouble with the President. They were supposd to fight to the death, but they refused to fight each other because they had become friends. They have to pretend that they are in love, so that is their excuse for not killing each other.
Katniss is preparing for the victors’ parade that she will take through all of the districts with Peeta. On the parade, Katniss has to really show the other disticts that she and Peeta are in love. Unfortunately, Peeta has turned her back on her. He doesn’t know that they still have to pretend to be in love or they will be killed. He is not the one who got a threat from the President saying that if they are not “in love” they will be killed, she is. Katniss is not allowed to go to anyone for help, because the President doesn’t want anyone knowing the truth. Katniss has to save her self and her families lives without being killed.
