This document provides background information on the author Suzanne Collins and summarizes the plot of her book "Catching Fire". Collins is known for writing the popular Hunger Games trilogy. The summary discusses how Catching Fire picks up after Katniss Everdeen wins the Hunger Games, as she returns home to District 12 and deals with the aftermath of her victory. It describes some of the key events and challenges Katniss faces, including going on a victory tour, learning the districts are rebelling, and discovering she will have to fight in the arena again for the third Quarter Quell.

1. Catching Fire
By: Suzanne Collins
Colleen McCormack
Reading Miss Roach
Period Five
We d ne s d a y
May 2

2. Suzanne Collins
Suzanne Collins is a very well-known author
for her hit series The Hunger Games.
She has written a numerous amounts of
good books. Suzanne was born in the
year of 1962. For college she went to
Alabama School of Fine Arts. She also
went to New York University. She was
awarded MFA in Dramatic Writing. Her
first career was The New York Times by
writing the best selling five part fantasy
and war like series The Underland
Chronicles. Than she wrote The Hunger
Games. She was able to be in the top
100 writes in 2010. She now writes
young adult books. And she currently
lives in Connecticut with two kids and a
loved husband.

3. Summery
• Catching Fire was such a interesting book to read. It tells
you the story of what happens to Katniss Everdeen as she
returns to her home in district twelve after she and Peeta
won the seventy- fourth Hunger Games. She goes through
a lot for such a young girl such as: finding her true love,
helping her family, getting whipped, her wedding
planning,finding out what is happening to the other
districts,trying to ‘destroy her president, and fighting for
the second time with men twice her age. She gets back
from the games with Peeta Mellark- her ‘true’ love. They
move into the Victor Village of district twelve. Than with
Effie, Haymitch, and their personal designers, they set off
on the Victor’s Tour. Than Katniss realizes that she must
enter the arena yet again?

4. Characters
• Katniss Everdeen- Katniss is a seventeen year old girl who is currently engaged
with Peeta Mellark. She won the seventy-fourth Hunger Games with Peeta as
well. And she in two Hunger Games, her second called the Quarter Quell.
• Peeta Mellark- Peeta is a seventeen year old boy who loves to paint, bake, and
express himself through what he likes best. He is in love with Katniss Everdeen.
He, just like Katniss, has also been in two Hunger Games as well. He gets
captured by the capitol with Johanna and Enoboria.
• Haymitch Abernathy- Haymitch was Peeta and Katniss’ mentor, but he also
fights in the third Quarter Quell. He is usually drunk and sleeps during the day-
and sometimes I think he is not a people person.
• Johanna Mason- she is the tribute for district seven. She does become alias with
the whole gang of alias( Katniss, Peeta, Haymitch, Finnick, Mags, Beetee, and
Wiress.)And she is also captured with Peeta and Enoboria.
• Gale Hawthorne- Gale is some what in love with Katniss but sometimes his
anger might get the best of him. He gets whipped for hunting illegally and wants
to be with Katniss.

5. Plot
Introduction
• President Snow went to Katniss’ house and talked to Katniss and said that he was
not convinced that her and Peeta were in love.
• Peeta, Katniss, Haymitch, Effie, and the design crews all went on the Victory Tour
that travels the Panem.
Rising Action
• Peeta and Katniss get back from the tour and walk around town to discuss
something about escaping and that come across the ‘Town Square‘ and see a huge
crowd.
• That crowd is watching Katniss’ best friend, Gale Hawthorne, getting whipped
constantly. Katniss interrupts and than she gets slashed across her own face.
• Katniss and Gale recover, Katniss than goes to the woods and meets Bonnie and
Twill, two girls who escaped an uprising/rebellion in district eight. Than Katniss
helps them out and she heads back home. Katniss than heard the buzz sound in the
fence and climbed up a tree, dropped her bad in to the thick snow, and fell (about 40
feet.) to the ground, she hurt her ankle and figures something out.

6. Plot Continued
Climax
• Katniss, Peeta, and Haymitch all figure out that they will fight in the
Third Annual Quarter Quell, or the Seventy-fifth Hunger Games.
• Falling Action
• Katniss, Peeta, and Haymitch all go to the training camp and find their
alias.
• They meet- Johanna Mason, Beetee. Finnnick, Mags, and Wiress.
• The games have begun.
• Conclusion
• Wiress died because of Gloss from district one.
• Mags died to save Peeta.
• And read the rest of the book to find out what happens next.

7. New Vocabulary
• Capricious- page 35.- adj. subject to, led by, or indicative of caprice or whim; erratic:
The shift in shade is no doubt an attempt to stay abreast of the capricious fashion trends
of the capitol.
• Subdue- page 145.- verb.
to conquer and bring into subjection into overpower by superior force; overcome
It took less than forty-eight hours to subdue the city unwittingly.
• Hysteria- page 212.- noun.
an uncontrollable outburst of emotion or fear, oftencharacterized by irrationality, laughte
r, weeping, etc.
I simply fix my eyes on a point far in the distance and pretend there is no audience, no
hysteria.
• Reluctance- page 267.- noun.
unwillingness; disinclination
But I guess I had hoped people might show some… what? Restraint? Reluctance, at
least.
• Irretrievable- page 340.- adj.
not retrievable; irrecoverable; irreparable.

8. Starring Actors
Alexander Ludwig as Selena Gomez as
Katniss Everdeen.
Peeta Mellark

9. Starring Actors
Taylor Lautner as Gale Hawthorne
Johnny Depp as Haymitch Abernathy

10. Starring Actors
Mags as Betty
White
Johanna Mason played by: Anna Kendrick

11. Starring Actors
Primrose Everdeen played by: Bailee Madison
Mrs. Everdeen as Jennifer Aniston

12. Soundtrack Tunes
• I think a good song for Catching Fire is
Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You) by Kelly
Clarkson. I think it is a appropriate song for
Catching Fire because Katniss gets stronger
and braver every time she hurts herself or if
she is in a battle.
Kelly Clarkson - Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) Audio

13. Soundtrack Continue
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
Stand a little taller
Doesn't mean I'm lonely when I'm alone
What doesn't kill you makes a fire
Put that thing on lighter
Doesn't mean I'm over cause you’re gone
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, stronger
Just me, myself and I
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
Stand a little taller
Doesn't mean I'm lonely when I'm alone

14. Rating
• I give Catching Fire a rating of…
I gave this book five out of five stars because it was a
entertaining book that was a perfect combination of love, a tint of
mystery, and violence. This book I would recommend to anyone
I meet. I think Suzanne Collins is a writing machine who does
not know how much her books are loved. She wrote non-stop
action. I truly enjoyed this book a lot and I would read it again in
a heart beat!

15. Other Books I Recommend
• What I wanted to say here is that I have really enjoyed the
Hunger Game series. I still have to read the third book, but
I would recommend this series to anyone.
• The Hunger Games
• Catching Fire
• Mocking Jay
• All written by Suzanne Collins.
• Other wise, I would prefer the Percy Jackson series. I do
not really know why, but when I was reading this book, I
(for some reason) kept thinking about the Percy Jackson
series written by Rick Riordan