This is a story about a girl named Katniss who has survived another Hunger Games, a battle
royale pitting humans against each other.
She goes back to her district, District 12, after it had been destroyed by the Capitol,
the central government in control of the country of Panem, and realizes that all she can do
is join a group of rebels to fight back.
The rebels are based out of District 13, a district that was thought to have been destroyed.
All of the people from District 13, as well as the refugees from District 12, live underground
under strict rules.
The rebellion wants Katniss to be their symbol, or leader, but she refuses.
However, she realizes that she must do something to save Peeta, her fellow tribute from the
Hunger Games and romantic interest, who seemingly has sided with the Capitol.
Katniss eventually agrees to become a symbol of the rebellion by filming a series of promo
videos.
The videos depict her trying to save some people in a nearby district that is being
bombed.
Angered by the destruction, Katniss vows to destroy everything the Capitol stands for.
The promo videos are broadcasted throughout the districts and encourage the rebel forces.
The leaders in District 13 even manage to broadcast short clips of Katniss during the
Capitol’s live broadcast, which angers President Snow, leader of the Capitol.
Peeta warns them that District 13 will be attacked.
District 13 is bombed and everyone survives.
However, the bombs destroy a lot of the infrastructure and it will take some time to rebuild.
Katniss figures out that the Capitol is using Peeta against her emotionally.
However, Haymitch tells her that they are planning a rescue mission to get him.
The rescue team returns and brings back Peeta.
However, when he sees her, he attacks her due to brainwashing.
Katniss continues to struggle over her feelings for Peeta, as he has changed so much due to
what the Capitol has done to his mind.
Also, Katniss is growing close to her childhood friend, Gale.
She decides that the best thing to do is continue to promote the rebellion by traveling to District
2, the last district that has a significant Capitol stronghold.
District 2 is geographically difficult to attack due to high mountains, so they decide
to create avalanches to trap the people inside.
The plan works, which funnels out the Capitol forces and survivors.
However, Katniss is shot.
Katniss recovers from her wound and begins basic training as a soldier for the upcoming
invasion of the Capitol.
She is eventually assigned to a special unit that consists of her friends, including Gale
and Peeta.
The unit is primarily used for filming promos for the rebellion; however, they eventually
enter combat, where they take on a few casualties.
The Capitol forces discover Katniss and her group and pursue her in the sewers by releasing
a pack of mutated lizard creatures.
Katniss escapes, but more of her unit is killed, including her good friend, Finnick.
The group hide in the Capitol with the help of a shopkeeper and eventually go to President
Snow’s mansion to assassinate him.
Peeta goes off on his own, while Katniss and Gale go together in the crowds toward the
President.
After Gale and Katniss become separated, Katniss makes it to the President’s mansion alone.
The mansion is surrounded by children, which Katniss finds strange.
Suddenly, small parachutes drop down from the sky and begin exploding, killing most
of the children.
Katniss is hurt, as rebel medics arrive to help the wounded.
However, a second wave of bombs go off, killing Katniss’ sister, Prim, who is a rebel medic.
Katniss is rescued and through highly extensive medical treatment, she is healed.
She finds that President Snow has been sentenced to death and that she will be allowed to shoot
him.
Katniss, however, encounters President Snow in his greenhouse and he tells her that President
Coin, leader of the rebellion, was the one who ordered the parachute bombs that killed
Prim.
Katniss is confused and doesn’t know what to believe.
In the aftermath of the rise of the rebellion, President Coin asks the remaining victors
of the Hunger Games to decide what to do with the Capitol children: Put them through a Hunger
Games or not.
The majority vote yes, including Katniss.
President Snow’s assassination is televised for all to see.
And as Katniss pulls her bow back to kill him, she instead shoots President Coin, who
dies.
President Snow dies as well.
Katniss is taken prisoner and it’s decided that she will be confined to her old home
in District 12.
In the end, Katniss lives with Peeta and Haymitch in District 12, eventually writing a book
about her life and starting a family with Peeta.