Title: Mockingjay
Author: Suzanne Collins
Summary: Katniss Everdeen, symbol of the rebellion in Panem and victor of the Hunger Games, is caught between two powerful forces: the Capitol and District 13. The President of the Capitol, Snow, has Peeta and several other former victors in his grasp. The President of District 13 is Coin, and Prim, Katniss' mother, Gale, and several other District 12 refugees are in her power. Peeta returns to Katniss, but he's a "hijacked" (essentially brainwashed) person, and he believes Katniss is a murderer and a mutt. Katniss reaches the Capitol along with the rebels. When they take over, President Coin allows Katniss to shoot President Snow with an arrow, but Katniss' arrow finds its mark instead in President Coin. Snow, who had already been ailing, dies. Gale gets a job in 2. Katniss' mother gets a job in 4. Katniss and Peeta go back to 12, marry, and have two kids.
Stars: 7
Violence: 8. There was a lot of fighting and pain.
Romance: 5. There was a bit of Katniss/Gale and a lot of Katniss/Peeta. Essentially, Katniss was torn between Gale and Peeta, but she picked Peeta in the end. ". . . I know this would have happened anyway. That what I need to survive is not Gale's fire, kindled with rage and hatred. I have plenty of fire myself. What I need is the dandelion in the spring. The bright yellowthat means rebirth instead of destruction. The promise that life can go on, no matter how bad our losses. That it can be good again. And only Peeta can give me that."
Language: 0
Appropriate for: 10-14
Other: If this were a movie, I think it would be rated a PG-13 for all the violence and romance, but it is pretty harmless as a book. I might not want to watch the movie, but I really liked the book.
