title: Katniss the Cattail: An Unauthorized Guide to Names and Symbols in Suzanne Collins The Hunger Games
author:  Valerie Estelle Frankel 
description: Valerie Estelle Frankel is the author of From Girl to Goddess: The Heroines Journey in Myth and Legend and Buffy and the Heroines Journey (McFarland 2010, 2012). Her projects on fandom, called Harry Potter: Still Recruiting and Teaching with Harry Potter will be coming in 2012. Shorter works have appeared in over 100 anthologies and journals including Inside Joss' Dollhouse, Illuminating Torchwood, and Rosebud Magazine. Her parody, Henry Potty and the Pet Rock, was winner of the Indie Excellence Award and a USA Book News National Best Book. Once a lecturer at San Jose State University, shes a frequent speaker on fantasy, myth, pop culture, and the heroines journey, with many fans of all ages. Come explore her latest research at http://vefrankel.com.
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  ## Mockingjay
  
  
    
  
  
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  _( The Hunger Games - 3 )_
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Сьюзен Коллинз
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  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.
  The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge. Who do they think should pay
  for the unrest? Katniss. And what’s worse, President Snow has made it clear
  that no one else is safe either. Not Katniss’s family, not her friends, not
  the people of District 12. Powerful and haunting, this thrilling final
  installment of Suzanne Collins’s groundbreaking Hunger Games trilogy promises
  to be one of the most talked about books of the year.
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## MOCKINGJAY
  
  
  ## by SUZANNE COLLINS
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  **For Cap, Charlie, and Isabel**
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## PART I
  
  
  ## «THE ASHES»
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  I stare down at my shoes, watching as a fine layer of ash settles on t