by Suzanne Collins, 2009
Book 2 in the Hunger Games Trilogy
Katniss and Peeta go on their Victory Tour and see that some of the Districts are starting to revolt against the Capitol. Supposedly started by Katniss and the berries of the first book, the Hunger Games. (I can’t remember the berries – but they are mentioned over and over in this book.)
President Snow blames it all on Katniss. He announces the Quarter Quell, a 25 year version of the Hunger Games, but this time, only former victors will take part. So, Katniss and Peeta go back to the arena. An ocean, jungle arena, arranged like a clock, with different evils in each hour of the clock. They form an alliance with former victors and work as a team. In the end, Katniss has a choice of shooting a teammate or shooting the force field. She remembers Haymitch’s last words to her – Remember who your enemy is – and shoots the force field which blows up the entire arena. She is captured by a hovercraft and is being nursed back to health when she discovers the hovercraft is flown by Plutarch – head Gamesmaker – and Haymitch. They are part of the Revolution. She learns that Peeta is taken captive by the Capitol, though, and is angry about that. Gale is on board the hovercraft and tells her, her home District 12, is no more.