Collins, Suzanne. Mocking Jay. Toronto ON: Scholastic, 2010. Print. (390 pages)
Collins's final book, Mocking Jay, was another amazing read that dragged you into her made up world of Panem. Katniss and Peeta are in the action again. Katniss is officially the symbol of the rebellion. Her home has been destroyed and now everyone is living in the hidden district 13, where they are training and preparing for the rebellion war. Katniss is still her ambitious self, but her strength will be tested when the people she loves get hurt and when her true love thinks she is a monster. Katniss will have to stay strong to take down the capital and President Snow.
The setting of Mocking Jay is confusing to me because she describes a place of war, a nation that is ruled by a dictator, a nation that has so many crucial rules that if you don't follow them you could die instantly. I can not decide whether or not she is meaning for this to be held in the future, present, or even now. Our nation in the past or today does not have dictators or such harsh conditions like massive quantities of people being blown up everyday and districts that are starving as described in Mocking Jay. I certainly know that no where in our world today do countries have killing games as they do in the books. So to me the book may be set in a futuristic time that Collin's has made up or even has foreseen.
Dessen, Sarah. Lock and Key. New York, NY: Penguin Group (USA) Inc, 2008. Print. (422 pages)
Dessen's Lock and Key a delicate story of a girl named Ruby who has been on her own for most of her life. No responsible or caring parents to look after her. One day when she comes home, her mother is gone. Ruby tries living on her own for awhile, but then the landlords come and she is taken away and forced to live with her sister Cora, who she hasn't seen in forever, and her sister's new husband Jamie. Ruby despises the idea because she is convinced that she can live on her own and doesn't need any help from anyone else. Along Ruby's journey, she meets interesting people that want to help her. Ruby must open her heart and let someone else hold the key or she will lose the ones that truly care for her.
Ruby is the protagonist of the story. She is a seventeen-year-old who was abandoned by her mother, but is shipped to live with her sister, Cora. Ruby is convinced she can take care of herself, but later finds otherwise. She is sarcastic and independent, but changes her cynical worldview as the story develops. In the end, she becomes caring to other people, which in return lets them become caring to her.
Weiner, Jennifer. Best Friends Forever. New York, NY: Jennifer Weiner Inc, 2009. Print. (359 pages)
Life for Addie Down was a regular normal life, but then her life changed dramatically the day Valerie Adler showed up on her small street in Illinois. The two young girls, unique in their own ways, became fast friends and stayed together through the teasing and taunts they endured, relying on one another for support. That all suddenly ended after one night in high school. Now the girls are in their thirties. Addie is on her own now, painting greeting cards and never expects to see Val again. One night Addie gets an unexpected knock on her front door. Valerie is their and needs Addie's help desperately. These two women go on a longing adventure and find out what truly split them apart and what will bring them back together.
Weiner's book was a more mature read for me. She also had a very interesting style for this book. In the book, she tells Addie and Valerie's high school story through out the book. She goes back in time to inform the reader about why the events are happening the way they are in the future. She also tells the story of Dan, the boy who ruined Addie and Valerie's friendship in high school, as everyone is trying to find him. She is basically telling two stories in one that later become one whole story. The book was very interesting and I enjoyed reading it.
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