Book Review: ****Catching Fire (Hunger Games II)

This is the second book in the Hunger Games Series.  It is written by Suzanne Collins and produced by Scholastic Press 2009.  It is just as good as the first in the series.  The unexpected twist is that Peeta and Catniss end back in the games for the second year in a row.  After that happened, I thought it would be too close to the first book; but it had enough twists to be interesting.  It also had just as many deaths, but this time from amongst those who have survived the hunger games at least once.  Gale (Catniss' boyfriend) is still left out, but he comes in at the end. There is also the issue of still going along with wedding plans, and announcing  a pregnancy for sympathy (but is not actually true.)  President Snow is still ruthless and sinister.  However there is a growing underground, which makes for an interesting ending.  It is left with the announcement, made by Gale at the end; District 12 no longer exists.