Author: Collins, Suzanne Interest age: from c 12 yearsPublished on 4 February 2025 by Scholastic in the United Kingdom as part of The Hunger Games series.Paperback | 400 pages132 x 203 x 24 | 332g With beautiful artwork by Freya Betts, this paperbackedition features gorgeous sprayed edges with stencilled artwork.This is a breathtaking collectible perfect for the long-time fanor new Hunger Games reader.Catching Fire: the second book in the ground-breakingHunger Games trilogy.Collins has done that rare thing. She has writtena sequel that improves upon the first book. TheNew York Times Book ReviewWhereas Katniss kills withfinesse, Collins writes with raw power. Time magazine After winning the brutal Hunger Games, Katniss and Peeta returnto their district, hoping for a peaceful future.But their victory has caused rebellion to break out ... and theCapitol has decided that someone must pay.As Katniss and Peeta are forced to visit the districts on theCapitols Victory Tour, the stakes are higher than ever. Unless theycan convince the world that they are still lost in their lovefor each other, the consequences will be horrifying.Then comes the cruellest twist: the contestants for the next HungerGames are announced, and Katniss and Peeta are forced intothe arena once more.All four Hunger Games books have been made into featurefilms, the first three starring Jennifer Lawence, Liam Hemsworth,Josh Hutcherson, Stanley Tucci, Elizabeth Banks and Donald Sutherland.The fourth movie of The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes,was released in November 2023 and had an all-star cast includingTom Blyth, Rachel Zegler, Viola Davis and Peter Dinklage. ABOUT THE COVERSTo celebrate the release of Ballad of Songbirds and Snakesfeature film, Freya Betts has taken the four iconic logos andadded a modern twist.Freya is a UK based freelance illustrator who focuses on hyper-realisticportraiture, mainly in the medium of digital painting.She has worked predominantly in the film industry - her journeybeginning with an apprenticeship at age 18, art-working film campaignsfor Universal and Paramount in London. Now she findsherself illustrating film posters for Disney and Marvel, her workhas appeared everywhere from giant murals in New York to t-shirtsin H&M. Clients include: Disney, Netflix, Marvel, Apple TV,Uber, Royal Mail, The LA Times PRAISE FOR THE FIRST BOOK, THE HUNGER GAMESI was so obsessed with this book. . . . The Hunger Gamesis amazing. Stephenie Meyer, author of the Twilight sagaI couldnt stop reading. Stephen King,Entertainment Weekly
