Mockingjay (The Final Book of The Hunger Games)
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Well, here's your explanation for Mockingjay (The Final Book of The Hunger Games)
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It's a book -- or a series of books, really -- that you're about to see a bunch of kids carrying around everywhere, like Twilight and Harry Potter before it. Mockingjay is the third in the series of books called "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins.
Sound familiar?
“Mockingjay,” the final installment of Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games series, won’t be released until after midnight tonight.
her gentle smile and soft features framed by waves of blond hair, looked out upon hundreds of fans crowded into the Books of Wonder store in Manhattan and unveiled the most anticipated young adult novel of the summer, "Mockingjay."
Affecting a light Appalachian accent, the voice of fictional narrator and teen fighter Katniss Everdeen, the 48-year-old Collins read a couple of pages from the second book of the series, "Catching Fire." "Mockingjay" readers nationwide attended midnight parties for the book, which has a first printing of 1.2 million copies.
At Books of Wonder, fans stood for hours outside under mist and drizzle, each greeted personally by store owner Peter Glassman, a longtime supporter of Collins whose loyalty was rewarded with her appearance early Tuesday, a special outing for an author who cares little for publicity. Some fans arrived in costume, wearing the feathered bridal gown worn by Katniss during a key scene in "Catching Fire." Some brought bows and arrows, weapons used in the books.
Others acted out the "Hunger Games" version of the Edward-Bella-Jacob triangle of the "Twilight" books. Collins heightened the suspense by reading from the new book: "Peeta was taken prisoner.
Mockingjay (The Final Book of The Hunger Games)