I will share you the synopsis of the story
After winning the 74th Hunger Games in the previous novel, Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark return home to District 12,
the poorest sector in the country of Panem.
On the day that Katniss and Peeta are to start a "Victory Tour" of
the country, she is visited by President Snow, who explains that he is
angry with her for breaking the rules at the end of the last Hunger Games,
which permitted both Peeta and Katniss to win. Snow tells Katniss that when she
defied the Capitol, she inspired rebellion in the districts.
The first stop on the Victory Tour is District 11, the home
of Katniss's deceased friend and ally in the Hunger Games, Rue.
During the ceremony, Katniss delivers a brief speech to the people of District
11, thanking them for their participants in the Games. When she is done, an old
man whistles the tune that Katniss used in the arena to tell Rue that she was
safe. The song acts as a signal and everyone salutes Katniss, using the same
gesture that she used to say farewell to Rue. Leaving District 11, Katniss and
Peeta proceed to travel to all of the twelve districts and the Capitol. During
an interview, Peeta proposes to Katniss publicly, hoping to settle the dispute
between Katniss and President Snow and placate the growing rebellion. Despite
this, Katniss learns that their attempts of subduing revolt in the districts
have failed.
Shortly after returning to District 12, Katniss encounters
two runaways from District 8. They explain their theory that District 13 was
not wiped out by the Capitol, contrary to what the other districts have been
led to believe, and that many of its residents survive in underground shelters.
Later, it is announced that, for the 75th Hunger Games, 24 victors from
previous years will be forced to compete once again. This is the third
occurrence of the "Quarter Quell": an event that occurs every 25th
year of the Games and allows the Capitol to introduce a twist. Knowing that she
and Peeta will both be competing in the Games a second time, Katniss decides
that she will devote herself to ensuring that Peeta becomes the Quarter Quell's
victor. However, Peeta is devoted to protecting her.
During the Games, set in a jungle with a saltwater lake,
Katniss and Peeta join up with two other previous victors: Finnick
Odair, a 24-year-old man who survived the Games at the age of 14,
and Mags,
Finnick's 80-year-old mentor, both from District 4. After Mags's death,
Katniss, Peeta and Finnick join forces with Johanna
Mason, a sarcastic and often cruel victor from District 7, and Beetee
and Wiress, an older couple from District 3 who are said to be
"exceptionally smart". Wiress soon proves her genius by revealing to
Katniss that the arena is arranged like a clock, with all of the arena's
disasters occurring on a timed chart. After Wiress is killed, Katniss learns of
Beetee's plan to harness lightning in order to electrocute two other
contenders. In the final chapters, Katniss directs the lightning at the force
field that contains the arena, thereby destroying the arena and resulting in
her temporary paralysis.
When Katniss wakes up, she is being transported to District
13, joined by Finnick, Beetee, and her mentor, Haymitch
Abernathy. She learns that Peeta and Johanna have been captured by
the Capitol, and is informed that there had been a plan among most of the
contestants to break out of the arena—Beetee had been attempting to destroy the
force field in the same way that she did. The book ends when Katniss's best
friend, Gale, comes to visit her and informs her that, though he got her family
out in time, District 12 has been bombed and destroyed.
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