The kind folks at Scholastic are offering THREE of my lucky readers a fabulous prize package to celebrate the release of Catching Fire, Suzanne Collins’s sequel to the awesome dystopian adventure Hunger Games.

I am so excited about Catching Fire and will be posting my review in the next few days. I love good dystopian YA, especially with such a strong female character as Katniss Everdeen. I’m really hoping for more developments with her conflicted feelings about Peeta, and greater development of the mythology of her society.

Three (3) lucky winners will receive:

1. very limited edition promotional T-shirt (
2. collectible mocking jay pin
3. copy of Catching Fire

About the book:

Having just passed the ultimate test of survival—the Hunger Games—sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark defied the Capitol and their harsh rules. But even as both won their families a life of safety, now the Capitol wants revenge. Despite her feelings for Gale Hawthorne, Katniss must showcase her love for Peeta on a cruel Victory Tour, and the stakes are higher than ever. Rumors of unrest are spreading quickly, and to Katniss and Peeta’s shock, they’ve become the face of a dangerous rebellion. But how will they be able to take on the Capitol and protect their families? In Catching Fire, the second installment of the Hunger Games, only one thing is certain: sparks will fly!

Check out the official website here, and read the first chapter here. And check out this awesome trailer!

The fine print:

The contest opens today and runs until 11:59 EST on September 15, 2009. To enter, leave a comment in the box below. You can get an additional entry by posting about this contest on your blog and leaving a trackback that appears as a comment below. I will randomly draw three names and notify you via my blog.

The Catching Fire book promotion is open to participants with a United States mailing address only (international readers can enter if you have a friend in the States who can accept your prizes by mail!). Entrants under age 13 must have parent or guardian permission to enter. The Catching Fire book promotion runs from September 1 to September 15, 2009. Winners will be announced on or around September 16, 2009.