MOCKINGJAY Hardback - 2010
by Suzanne Collins
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- Hardback
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Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. But now that she's made it out of the bloody arena alive, she's still not safe, in the powerful and haunting final installment of Collins's groundbreaking The Hunger Games trilogy.
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Details
- Title MOCKINGJAY
- Author Suzanne Collins
- Binding Hardback
- Edition First Edition; First Printing
- Pages 400
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Scholastic Press, New York
- Publication date 2010
- Features Dust Cover, Price on Product - Canadian
- Bookseller's Inventory # 105673
- ISBN 9780439023511 / 0439023513
- Weight 1.06 lbs (0.48 kg)
- Dimensions 8.3 x 5.9 x 1.3 in (21.08 x 14.99 x 3.30 cm)
- Age range 12 to 17 years
- Grade levels 7 - 12
- Reading level 800
- Category Young Adult Fiction
- Library of Congress subjects Science fiction, Interpersonal relations
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2009041042
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
- Quantity available 1
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Reader reviews for MOCKINGJAY
Review summary
Reader reaction to Mockingjay was split. Many praised its uncompromising look at war’s cost—PTSD, propaganda, and moral ambiguity—and found the media critique timely and the twists effective. Others faulted the execution: a sluggish, inward?looking first half, frequent tell?not?show reportage, a Katniss perceived as passive or whiny, and a finale some called rushed or manipulative, especially around major deaths and the epilogue. Overall, it’s darker and more thematically ambitious than its predecessors, but unevenly paced and polarizing, with the love triangle and baby?focused epilogue drawing particular criticism.
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Citations
- Asimov's Science Fiction, 09/01/2012, Page 107
- Booklist Ed Choice Youth, 01/01/2011, Page 12
- Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks, 11/01/2010, Page 0
- Entertainment Weekly, 09/03/2010, Page 77
- Horn Book Magazine, 11/01/2010, Page 86
- Hornbook Guide to Children, 01/01/2011, Page 94
- Kirkus Best Young-Adult Books, 11/15/2010, Page 19
- New York Times Book Review, 09/12/2010, Page 12
- New Yorker (The), 06/15/2010, Page 132
- NY Times Notable Bks of Year, 12/05/2010, Page 39
- People Weekly, 09/13/2010, Page 69
- Publishers Weekly Best Books, 11/08/2010, Page 32
- School Library Journal, 10/01/2010, Page 110
- Shelf Awareness, 01/01/0001, Page 0
- Voice of Youth Advocates, 12/01/2010, Page 470