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The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (a Hunger Games Novel)

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (a Hunger Games Novel)

by Suzanne Collins
Paperback
Publication Date: 08/07/2021
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"The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is the best Hunger Games movie of them all"USA TODAY

"Everything you would expect from Collins is here: fraught teenage love; plenty of violence... the themes of friendship, betrayal, authority and oppression will please and thrill"The Guardian

"It works beautifully... please don't make us wait another decade"The Times

  • pre-order Sunrise On the Reaping- the fifth book in the Hunger Games series - coming March 2025

 

Ambition will fuel him.
Competition will drive him.
But power has its price.

It is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the tenth annual Hunger Games.

In the Capitol, eighteen-year-old Coriolanus Snow is preparing for his one shot at glory as a mentor in the Games. The once-mighty house of Snow has fallen on hard times, its fate hanging on the slender chance that Coriolanus will be able to outcharm, outwit, and outmaneuvre his fellow students to mentor the winning tribute.

The odds are against him.

He's been given the humiliating assignment of mentoring the female tribute from District 12, the lowest of the low. Their fates are now completely intertwined - every choice Coriolanus makes could lead to favour or failure, triumph or ruin.

Inside the arena, it will be a fight to the death. Outside the arena, Coriolanus starts to feel for his doomed tribute... and must weigh his need to follow the rules against his desire to survive no matter what it takes.

  • Three books, four films and one worldwide phenomenon, The Hunger Gamesoriginal trilogy changed the face of global YA.
  • All three of the Hunger Games original novels have been made into major feature films, starring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson & Liam Hemsworth
  • The best-selling prequel to The Hunger Games, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, was a global number one feature film in autumn 2023 and a number one New York Times and The Times bestseller in hardback in May 2020.

 

OTHER BOOKS IN THE SERIES

  • The Hunger Games
  • Catching Fire
  • Mockingjay
  • Sunrise On the Reaping - the fifth book in theHunger Games series - coming March 2025 & a film adaptation is slated for November 2026
  • The Hunger Gamesillustrated edition is releasing in October 2024
ISBN:
9780702309519
9780702309519
Category:
Fantasy & magical realism (Children's / Teenage)
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
08-07-2021
Language:
English
Publisher:
Scholastic
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Dimensions (mm):
198x143x34mm
Weight:
0.35kg
Suzanne Collins

Since 1991, Suzanne Collins has been busy writing for children's television. She has worked on the staffs of several Nickelodeon shows, including the Emmy-nominated hit Clarissa Explains it All and The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo. For preschool viewers, she penned multiple stories for the Emmy-nominated Little Bear and Oswald. She also co-wrote the critically acclaimed Rankin/Bass Christmas special, Santa, Baby! Most recently she was the Head Writer for Scholastic Entertainments Clifford's Puppy Days, and a freelancer on Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!

While working on a Kids WB show called Generation O! she met childrens author James Proimos, who talked her into giving children's books a try.

Thinking one day about Alice in Wonderland, she was struck by how pastoral the setting must seem to kids who, like her own, lived in urban surroundings. In New York City, you're much more likely to fall down a manhole than a rabbit hole and, if you do, you're not going to find a tea party. What you might find...? Well, that's the story of Gregor the Overlander, the first book in her five-part fantasy/war series, The Underland Chronicles.

Her next series, The Hunger Games Trilogy, is an international bestseller.

At present, Suzanne is at work on a picture book with James Proimos. She currently lives in Connecticut with her family and a pair of feral kittens they adopted from their backyard.

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