This is the second book in the Hunger Games trilogy and here it gets even more suspenseful. The Capitol is unhappy with District 12’s victory (something happened in the first book). The year of victory coincides with the Quarter Quell, “a glorified version of the games,” which happens on every twenty-fifth anniversary of the games. The Capitol jumps on the chance for revenge:

SKELLIG by David Almond is a story about friendship, love, and family. Ten-year-old Michael recounts his discovery of a mysterious creature living in a garage of the rundown property his family has just purchased. The creature is in a sorry state.

12 Districts, 12 boys, 12 girls: Each district is to provide 1 boy and 1 girl to be entered as tributes into the Hunger Games in the Capitol, Panem. Conducted annually to punish citizens for an earlier rebellion, it also serves as a reminder. District 12’s Katniss Everdeen volunteers to take over her younger sister’s place.

Judas (Jude) Coyne is an aging death-metal rock god. He buys a ghost and a package arrives containing the dead man’s suit inside a black heart-shaped box. The ghost is real and is hell-bent on ensuring that Jude dies and pays back for what happened to his deceased ex-girlfriend who was the ghost’s stepdaughter. […]

U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels and his partner, Chuck Aule, are shipped off to Shutter Island to investigate the disappearance of a criminally insane patient, Rachel Solando. There is no way of escaping the tightly guarded facility but the multiple murderess did it. However, the case is not what it appears to be. […]

AIRHEAD by Meg Cabot is a YA (young adults) comedy. This post will be in a Q&A style.

A BEAR CALLED PADDINGTON by Michael Bond with drawings by Peggy Fortnum is a delightful read. This post will be in a Q&A style. […]

ROADSIDE CROSSES by Jeffery Deaver is a psychological thriller. This post will be in a Q&A style. […]