I wake to the sound of mockingjays. The noise they make is peaceful and calming to a human ear. Mockingjays don't cry like other birds, they sing. It is also common knowledge that if you can sing well, they will fall silent before singing back! I have never tried this for myself though, so it's just a rumour to me! Even though I hear them every day, their songs never grow dull and dreary. This time in the day, is my favourite part of the day. It makes me happy to lie on my back and daydream or listen to their songs.

It is dawn and in about an hour I will get up to get ready for my first day back at school. The summer term ends after the reapings and the autumn term begins just before the dreaded games start. So yes, tomorrow they will broadcast the training scores. It always annoys me that we aren't allowed to see how the tributes do in training. I would love to pick up a few pointers, just in case!

I am as lucky as you can be here in district 7. I have everybody I love in district 7 with me. This is partly due to the fact that I am 7 years old, and due to the fact that I am an only child.

I want to go back to sleep but I'm not tired. It is a warm morning and the sheets of my bed are already sticking to my hot skin. I crawl out of the covers and slide myself over them. I roll onto my side and cry. I have always wanted a sibling that was a similar age to me. I get very lonely sometimes with no one to talk to.

No one seems to like me at school and everyone knows that you can't talk to adults about fantasies! If you do they tell you off and tell you to keep your voice down in case one of the officials hears and thinks that people are trying to start a rebellion. Adults are scared that the Capitol will think of worse ways to punish the districts if they protest to the games. Children like me only want to escape from reality for a little while, to give us the hope that we need to survive the next day, in the hope that maybe, one day, we won't ever have to face the games like our ancestors have before us. I've also always known that if there was a way to stop the games..well let's just say...I was the girl to stop them!