Since Katniss decided to become the Mockingjay, she made some conditions to spare Peeta and the other tributes in case the rebels won. She also made sure Prim could keep Buttercup and she could kill President Snow, and president Coin agreed with all these. When she announced it to all of 13, Coin added that if Katniss stepped out of line, all the tributes and she would be killed. So now she’s stuck between a rock and a hard place. In order to save Peeta, she has to do everything Coin tells her to do, and Katniss sucks at doing what she’s told. I have a very bad feeling that the leaders of 13 are going to take advantage of this, very bad feeling.

Also, they are going to remake Katniss in order to fit the Mockingjay image. Pluratch, the organizer of the game’s and rebellion, handed her a sketch book with her new suit and many other outfits. The book had belonged to Cinna, her make over man for the games. He had drawn the outfits before he died and in anticipation of her becoming the Mockingjay. So Fulvia, Pluratch’s assistant, took Katniss and Gale to a floor unknown to them before, where they found the other 3 members of her prep team chained to a wall, bruised, and half naked only because they stole a piece of bread. Now, that seems just a little bit ridiculous and unfair if you ask me, and I would rather live in the woods than in such a controlled environment. I feel really bad for all the people in 13, and something just doesn’t seem right about everything.

To start this book, Katniss went back to District 12 to view the wreckage. It was completely destroyed, except for the Victor’s Village where all the District 12 winners of the Hunger Games lived. After viewing the ash that once was her home, she went to her most recent home which was still standing. Inside, she found her younger sister’s, Prim, ugly alley cat inside, so she brought it back with her. Katniss also went into her room to get her dead father’s hunting jacket she always kept with her. While in there, she discovered a white rose on her white stand that was no doubt placed there by the president of Panem, President Snow, as a message that it’s not over and he was going to find her.

On the bright side, Peeta is still alive and in good health. He was on an interview with Ceaser, the host of the Hunger Games. He told him Katniss wasn’t involved in the rebellion and had no idea what she was doing, in an effort to keep her alive and out of trouble. Peeta also said there needed to be a cease fire, or the human race is going to kill each other off until there’s no one left. I did forget the pretty major details that before the second games, they lied and said that Katniss was pregnant to get Panem’s pity (I think) and their mentor, Haymitch Abernathy, betrayed them. So now, Katniss has decided to become the figure head of the rebellion, the Mockingjay.

For my next independent reading book, I’m going to read the third Hunger Games book, Mockingjay. It’s been a little while since I’ve read the second and first one, so I forget some of the minor details. I remember the main idea, though, which is all that really matters. I’ll give a brief back round of the first two books.

The series takes place in the future after an epidemic kills off more than half the world’s population. Everyone remaining was divided into the 12 Districts of Panem, and each district manufactured something different such as coal, clothes, fruit, ect. For entertainment, each district sent one boy and one girl into a giant “habitat” to fend for themselves and kill each other off. Whoever is the last one alive wins. Katniss, the main character won with Peeta (both from District 12). It was the first time 2 people won. The following year, all the winners of the previous hunger games were sent back into the arena. Katniss was used to end the games early. As result of the thwarting of the games, Peeta was captured and District 12 was bombed. But the survivals traveled to the newly developed District 13. And so began the rebellion against the Capitol, with Katniss as its figure head. It was very epic and there was a lot more to it, but that’s the gist of it.

I finished the book, and man was I wrong! In the last 60ish pages, every concept or idea I had was proved completely in correct. This is both a good thing and a bad thing. I love books that are unpredictable (like I said a million times before), but it’s kind of annoying. I felt pretty stupid once I finished because I didn’t see it coming, even though there’s no way I could have. So now, I’m going to try and give a short summery of how it ended.

Jenna finally remembered what actually happened the night of the accident. She wasn’t the one that had been driving the car, it had been Kara. They went to crash a party, but it was very violent so they got scared and left. Kara was shaken up on the way home, and she didn’t turn soon enough. They then went over the cliff and you know the rest. Also, I thought Kara and Locke didn’t have the opportunity to be saved, but they did. Jenna’s dad scanned their brains to start, but the parents wouldn’t let him anywhere near their children. I don’t blame them. So, hidden in Jenna’s parents’ room were all 3 of their brain scans, their lives, them, basically. Jenna wanted to get rid of them, so Lily (shocking) helped her. And their plan worked. At first, I didn’t like Lily at all, but I ended up agreeing with her on just about everything. Funny how that works.

Allys, who was completely against everything Jenna is, figured out what she was. And she said she was going to tell the FSEB. Then Allys wasn’t in school the next day, and Jenna started to panic. She wasn’t in school the day after that either. Or the day after that. Or the day after that. So, Ethan (love him) and Jenna went to visit her. And, as it turns out, Allys didn’t tell anyone except her parents because she was dying. Guess what her parents did? They showed up at Jenna’s house and asked her dad to save Allys. Talk about ironic fate!! Jenna and Allys lived for 260 years at least, and 70 of Jenna’s years were with Ethan. They had a little girl named Kayla too! Everyone also began excepting people like Jenna, and there were others like her who were designed to life that was about 200 years shorter.

Overall, I really really loved this book. The ending was a little too happily-ever-after for me, but I’m kind of glad it didn’t end like Flowers for Algernon. Something right in between would have been perfect. Not to lovey dovey, perfect world (because there’s no such thing), but not too depressing. It was still very addicting, and it had my romance! That’s all I really care about. I would highly recommend this book!

I finally found out what kind of accident it was!! It was a car accident, and Jenna’s two best friends, Kara and Locke, were killed in it. She looked it up on Mr. Bender’s Netbook because all the information was blocked from her own. It said that she had been the driver, but she hadn’t had a license. She was on a high way going too fast and the car went through the guard rail, rolled down a hill, and exploded, which explains the burns. Jenna felt guilty, and everyone told her it wasn’t her fault. It was just an accident. Something kept telling her that it wasn’t her fault, but it wasn’t an accident. She can’t remember what happened though.

So now I know why it asks “How far would you go to save someone you love?” on the front cover. Personally, I think her parents went too far. Yeah, I understand she’s their only child and they love her so much, but why would anyone want to do that to their kid? She’s never going to age, she has the chance of being found out and who knows what would happen, she can never tell anyone who she really is (even though she already did), she thinks she’s soulless and a freak, she’ll never be able to get married and grow old with someone, and she has to live with the fact that she’ll never be the same or remember her old self. Why would anyone put their child in such a dark, awful place? It’s also not right that she had the opportunity to be saved, but Kara and Locke didn’t. How fair is that? This time, I have to agree with Lily. They should have let go of her and accepted it was over, not turned her into “a monster”.

Okay, so a little after I did my last blog, I kept reading. Boy was I completely and totally wrong! Jenna was in an accident, and she was badly burned and had a raging infection (still don’t know what happened). I was right, however, about the BioGel thing. All of her insides are made if BioGel. She doesn’t have any organs, veins, not even a heart. Her father was only able to save enough skin to grow more in a lab and “the most important 10% of her brain,” the butterfly. They made her a brand new skeletal system almost identical to her old one. In California, she’ll be able to live for up to two hundred years, but she’s illegal. Very, very illegal actually. If anyone in the science community were to find out about her, bad things would happen to everyone involved.

I also found out why Lily has been so cold towards Jenna. She told her flat out she didn’t know what to make of her. Jenna is not the same little angel she and Jenna’s mom and dad worshiped and video taped every second of her life (which is why it has the title it does). Apparently, Lily also informed her that her mom had a program put in that would cause her to listen to what they tell her to do, which is just not right. But they told her it’s only a “strong” impulse, not a command. So now Jenna thinks of herself as a soulless monster. But Ethan to the rescue!! She told him everything, and he said he didn’t think she was a monster, she was perfect. Yeah, I just keep loving this book more and more and more!!! It’s suspenseful, romantic, and VOLUPTOUS, just the way I like it =)

As I read further and further into this book, I just love it more. I keep learning more and more about what science has done in the “future.” Apparently, scientists were releasing tons of antibiotics before they passed inspection, and one of them resulted in millions of people dieing from a terrible virus, kind of like the Black Death. Also, Jenna’s dad is the creator of something called BioGel. This blue goo is filled with neurochips smaller than the human cell, but they communicate and learn more, faster. So, I’m guessing Jenna was his experiment, kind of like Charlie Gordon. She’s also, so far, a success, like Charlie, but hopefully her story doesn’t end quite as bad as his.

I was also very pleased because I was right about Ethan and Jenna!! They’re, rather quickly, becoming closer and learning more about each other. I love it!!! Claire, Jenna’s mom, was tormenting her about Ethan being her boyfriend, but Lily flipped out about the thought. Maybe Jenna has a purpose to serve…… yeah, I think that’s it. She was “altered” for some kind of purpose, which is still pretty messed up.