Mockingjay picks up right about where Catching Fire left off. Katniss is in District 13, the District that was supposedly wiped out 75 years before during the war with the Capitol, but, in fact, they made a treaty saying 13 will stay underground, and, in return, the Capitol would leave them alone. District 13 is very strictly regulated, and at one point, there was a pox outbreak, sterilizing most of the population. So when Gale showed up with some of District 12, (which was bombed by the Capitol and completely leveled, except for the Victor's Village [ironic AND convenient]) 13 was happy for the boost in "breeding material". After rejuvenating and completely ignoring her schedule, Katniss is approached by the President of 13 who wants (along with everyone else) her to be the face of the rebellion; the Mockingjay. So Katniss agrees to be the Mockingjay under several conditions:
1. The victors of Hunger Games are granted immunity (the Capitol still had Peeta, Johanna, et c. captive)
2. She and Gale are allowed to go hunting
3. Buttercup is allowed to live with them freely
4. She's the one who kills Snow
So the President agrees hesitantly, and allows immunity, two hours of hunting time a day, and they are moved to a higher room that has a window that can be opened up to the surface. Gale and Katniss go hunting, and it feels good, regardless of their earpieces and tracking devices they're forced to wear. So one day they decide to start filming propos, propaganda for the rebellion with Katniss, but she is very bland and stale. They all agree that she is best when actually pressed with danger, so they all decide to send her in to District 8, where the rebellion has almost completely taken over. Katniss is in a hospital, visiting the sick, and making them happy; giving them hope. This makes for a good propo, and its very touching. They call it a day, but as they're leaving, bombs start falling. Katniss and Gale climb to the top of a building, and start shooting explosive and incendiary arrows at Capitol hovercraft that were bombing, sending them crashing into the ground. She makes a dramatic speech, and while the hospital was touching, this is what they were looking for: the same type of act that she performed when she threatened to eat the nightlock; a spark that would ignite the flame of the revolution. Katniss sees a live interview with Peeta after a propo, and isn't sure who's telling the truth and what's going on. The next day, Gale and Katniss go back to District 12 to film a propo about their district and the destruction. They get home, and see a live Capitol broadcast where Peeta says that everyone in 13 will be dead. They see this as a warning, and all rush to get into shelter. Thanks to Peeta's advanced warning, everyone in 13 is safe when the bombs start to hit. Soon after, Katniss learn about a rescue plan for rescuing Peeta and the others, and she wants to go, but they say it's too dangerous and the team was already deployed. Later they return, with Peeta, safely. Peeta goes crazy and tries to strangle Katniss. We learn that the Katniss "hijacked" Peeta, meaning they showed or told him about his memories with Katniss, then injected him with tracker jacker venom making his memories become confusing and angering him. The medics are trying to find a way to restore it, and are trying to reverse hijack him. Later, they send Katniss into District 2, the last district to not be captured, so the final stepping stone to taking the Capitol. She goes in with Gale and a team of others, and they find out that the Capitol troops are holed up in a mountain, which is like an impenetrable fortress. Gale comes up with a plan that shocks and scares Katniss, because it involves trapping the people in the mountain with no escape. In the end, they decide to leave the train tracks as the only exit, and after they block it off, people come out on trains, armed, but mostly incapacitated. Instead of imprisoning them all, Katniss goes in and preaches to all of them. One man shoots her in the leg, and the rebellion starts mowing them down. Finnick and Annie get married. Katniss and Johanna are both injured, but they want to fight in the Capitol. They reject them, saying they're too weak. But they're given three weeks to train and be reevaluated. They both begin intensive training regardless of their serious injuries, and are excellent. They're both reevaluated, and Katniss is approved. She goes in with Boggs' team along with Gale and Finnick. They go into the Capitol, and Katniss learns that Coin wants her dead. She and her team go through the Capitol, and they're losing members one by one. Mainly the non-important members, then Boggs and Finnick. Gale gets captured, and Peeta disappears. Eventually, Katniss gets to Snow's residence. Parachute-bombs are dropped, killing Prim, and burning Katniss. She started out and ended as The Girl on Fire. She wakes up after being treated for her burn wounds, and her skin is still new and raw. She finds that Snow is being held prisoner for his execution. Eventually the time is right, and Snow is brought out for execution. Katniss has made up her mind, and is ready to execute. She lines up the shot perfectly... and released the arrow straight into Coin. Snow laughs himself to death, coughing up blood everywhere. Katniss is taken hostage and knocked out. She finds herself in the Victor's Village of 12; she was exiled from 13, and sent her possessions. Greasy Sae works there as her chef/housekeeper/guardian. Haymitch lives next door with Gale's mom. Peeta lives with Katniss. (Yes, she ended up choosing Peeta in the end, because while Gale was good sometimes, Peeta was always the right choice). Gale is off doing something.
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