catching fire by suzanne collins

recommended: this is the sequel to the hunger games, and i loved it. this book is the next step in defying the capitol. it was definitely a middle book, but still very enjoyable. in this book, the 12 districts are beginning to rise against the capitol. the main character is sent into the hunger games again where she must fight and kill other hunger games winners. this author is wonderful at describing inner-torment as the main character is dealing with very mature issues of possibly losing the ones that she loves and learning to sacrifice herself for the greater good. what is beautiful about these books is that i could imagine that these things that happen in the book are actually happening somewhere in the world because there are some evil leaders and countries where freedom does not exist. i may even compare this to the holocaust, only not as bad. i am about to read the third book.