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//﻿ // // Mockingjay //

Title of book- //Mockingjay// Author of book- Suzanne Collins Genre of book- fantasy  Length of book- 389 pages Recommended grade range- fifth grade and up Year published- 2010

Summary- After Katniss returns from her last visit to the Hunger Games, she continues her new and different life beneath the ground where District 13 lays. There she reunites with old friends along with meeting new people. While she is still adjusting to her new life, she soon learns that Peeta, the love of her life, was captured by the Capitol. This soon gives her the idea to make a deal with District that she would be their “Mockingjay” or the leader of the rebels. In return, District 13 would allow her to receive some of her old life back, save the rest of the Hunger Games victors, and promise to help her fulfill her wish of killing Snow, the evil President of the Capitol. Unfortunately, while she’s trying to do her job of being the “Mockingjay”, the Capitol suddenly bombs District 13 which forces Katniss, her close friends, and the brainwashed Peeta to join the military. In her pursuit of victory, Katniss learns new shocking secrets, fights incredible battles, and faces the facts that she not only needs to protect herself but also protect her loved ones, decide who she loves more, Peeta or Gale, be a persuading “Mockingjay” to unite all of the Districts, and defeat Snow once and for all. How can one girl ever do this, or can she even? There’s only one way to find out.

Characters- Suzanne Collins’s writing consists of the old characters we know and love and also reveals secrets or surprises that each of these characters would hate for people to find out. In addition, she makes all of the new characters share the same task of protecting Katniss Everdeen. However, a couple mischievous characters have a dream of really wanting to kill Katniss for their own selfish reasons. The characters are one of the many reasons why //Mockingjay// is such a great book! Just keep in mind when you read this that there are many characters that you need to remember. Review- I found //Mockingjay// to be a great story because it has a thrilling storyline, nail biting fights, and surprising secrets saved for last. I really loved all of the characters that Suzanne Collins provided in the book. Just like her other books, it was impossible to put down. In addition, the story really made me think about everything that was going on and made me feel all of the emotions the characters were feeling. I think she wrote a great finishing book of Katniss's life. Recommendation- I would recommend this book for kids fifth grade and up because I know many adults have read and loved this story and it would have too many hard vocabulary words for kids fourth grade and under. It has great journeys that make it impossible to put down. It contains the same action as the other books. In addition it has a great surprise at the end. It really made me feel like I was actually there to a point where it ruined all of the other things going on in my life because I just couldn’t put it down!

Other books- Other books that Suzanne Collins wrote are // The Hunger Games // and // Catching Fire ( // makes up the series // The Hunger Games // ). She has also written // Gregor the Overlander, // // Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane, Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods, Gregor and the Marks of the Secret, // and // Gregor and the Code of Claw // (makes up the series //Gregor the Overlander//).

Final rating- 8/10 Elizabeth Kairis Period 4/5