• Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3) ($6.29 for a hardcover, $10.99 on Barnes & Noble)
• The Hunger Games Trilogy Boxed Set ($21.60 for three hardcovers, $31.57 on Barnes & Noble) This price is cheaper than the paperback set!

Don’t forget about the Limited Edition character posters as well! They come individually or as a set and would make great Christmas gifts for Hunger Games fans!

• The Hunger Games Limited Edition Character Posters – Collector’s Set of 8 ($59.99)
• Peeta Mellark ($12.99)
• Katniss Everdeen ($12.99)
• Gale Hawthorne ($12.99)
• Rue ($9.99)
• Effie Trinket ($9.99)
• Cato ($9.99)
• Haymitch Abernathy ($12.99)
• Cinna ($9.99)

Source: via Down with the Capitol

One year ago today, Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins’ thrilling conclusion to The Hunger Games Trilogy was released and the world finally found out what happens to our beloved residents of Panem. Did you grab the book the first day? How fast did you breeze through it and what did you think of the ending? Share your Mockingjay release stories in comments!

Kimmy: I got a copy of ‘The Hunger Games’ back before ‘Catching Fire,’ or ‘Mockingjay’ was released. Caused a lot of anxious waiting. When I got the book, I spent a lazy Saturday reading it, not able to put it down! This site was made before ‘Catching Fire’ was released, it was launched with fellow Hunger Games fans Becka and JD. Becka had read ‘Catching Fire,’ she had gotten an ARC at Book Expo America. When we were brainstorming site names, she said ‘Mockingjay.net’ would be perfect. I hadn’t read ‘Catching Fire’ yet, but we agreed that that would be a good name! I realized just how good a name it was when a long while later, ‘Mockingjay’ had a title. We were amazed that the site had the same name as the third book, and had a podcast spazzing about it. When the release date finally came around, I went to the midnight party in my little town and started reading it that night/morning. Took me around two days to read, and I thought the ending was perfect for the story.

Crystal: I had Hunger Games pushed on me (thankfully) by my Aunty Cheryl and I rushed out and got Catching Fire immediately. Then I found out Mockingjay wasn’t published yet and I was sooo mad that I had to wait months for it to come out! I finished it so fast that I think I missed a lot of the details and so I need to go and read it again. I fall in the camp that thinks Collins couldn’t have ended her series in a more appropriate way.

Do you know what it’s like to be unable to believe your ears?
To hear a name you can’t bear to hear?
Do you know what it’s like to willingly throw your life away
in the hope that someone else will see another day?

Do you know that I’ll never be the same?

Didn’t mean to change the world, only wanted to save you.
Though I know that I’m only one girl, couldn’t let them take you.
So just keep shining – I promise to be your Mockingjay.

Do you know what it’s like to be in a forest built on bones
and know they’re watching you back at home?
Do you know what it’s like to scream out on the off chance
that someone will hear your voice in the distance?

After a flurry of events in August, Suzanne is back, starting today, for more book signings and readings at bookstores all across the country:

9/20: Harleysville Bookshop in Harleysville, PA
9/21: Barnes & Noble in Fairless, PA
9/22: Children’s Book World in Haverford, PA
9/23: Politics & Prose in Washington, D.C.
9/23: Books-A-Million in Hanover, MD
9/24: National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
10/1: Wild Rumpus Minneapolis, MN
10/2: Red Balloon Bookshop St Paul, MN
10/3: Anderson’s Bookshop Naperville, IL
10/3: The Book Stall Winnetka, IL
10/4: The Magic Tree Bookstore Oak Park, IL
10/4: Borders Schaumburg, IL
11/3: Kepler’s Books Menlo Park, CA
11/4: Hicklebee’s San Jose, CA
11/5: Barnes & Noble Lynnwood, WA
11/6: Elliot Bay Book Company Seattle, WA
11/7: Third Place Books Lake Forest Park, WA

New York, NY (September 2, 2010) — Scholastic, the global children’s publishing, education, and media company, announced today that Mockingjay, the final book in The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins, sold more than 450,000 copies (hardcover and eBook) in its first week on sale in the U.S., debuting at #1 on both the USA Today and New York Times bestseller lists. In addition, Scholastic announced that it has gone back to press for an additional 400,000 copies, bringing the total number of copies in print for Mockingjay in the U.S. to 1.6 million since its publication on August 24, 2010.

“After months of anticipation, sales for Mockingjay have exceeded all expectations, as has the outpouring from countless teen and adult fans of the trilogy who have been blogging, tweeting, and coming out to meet Suzanne Collins on the first leg of her North American tour,” said Ellie Berger, President of the Scholastic Trade Publishing division.

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Prize:

Bookplate signed by Suzanne Collins

Winner: Rokku

Let us know how you discovered The Hunger Games trilogy and why you love it! How did you discover Mockingjay.net? What do you think the future of the trilogy is now that the books are all out in stores? Will the movie be a hit? We will select a winner from the comments at 9:00 PM PST / 12:00 AM EST. Thanks for following us for 24 days as we counted down to Mockingjay!