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vb. (present participle of catch fire English)
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Catching Fire is a 2009 science fiction young adult novel by the American novelist Suzanne Collins, the second book in The Hunger Games trilogy. As the sequel to the 2008 bestseller The Hunger Games, it continues the story of Katniss Everdeen and the post-apocalyptic nation of Panem. Following the events of the previous novel, a rebellion against the oppressive Capitol has begun, and Katniss and fellow tribute Peeta Mellark are forced to return to the arena in a special edition of the Hunger Games.
The book was first published on September 1, 2009, by Scholastic, in hardcover, and was later released in ebook and audiobook format. Catching Fire received mostly positive reviews, with reviewers praising Collins' prose, the book's ending, and the development of Katniss's character. According to critics, major themes of the novel include survival, authoritarianism, rebellion and interdependence versus independence. The book has sold more than 19 million copies in the U.S. alone.
A film adaptation, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, was released on November 22, 2013.
Catching Fire is a 2009 novel by Suzanne Collins.
Catching Fire may also refer to:
- The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, a 2013 film sequel to The Hunger Games and adaptation of the novel
- Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human, a 2009 book by Richard Wrangham
- Catching Fire, a 1982 novel by Kay Nolte Smith
Usage examples of "catching fire".
Still, you can keep the bank from catching fire because someone knocked over a candle.
I ducked to keep my hair from catching fire again, and saw Quen slam to the deck, driven down by a double explosion directly over his head.
Men in flowing silks and stern expressions stood in intense conversation, jewels at waist and wrist catching fire in the sunlight, women with painted faces and seductive dresses chatted and laughed, tall men in shining mail expressionless beside them, each with enough weapons to outfit half a troop of mercenaries.
Had she a bone to pick, the walls would have been crumbling wherever she looked and tapestries catching fire.
The altar was made of some rich, black stone that felt smooth to the touch and had no hope of catching fire.
There was nothing for example about HMS Princess Michael of Kent catching fire at the docks on Friday.
Then they noticed that the oil, spreading over the surface of the water and catching fire as it spread, was moving faster than any of the men could swim.