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The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (a Hunger Games Novel): Movie Tie-in Edition by Suzanne Collins

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (a Hunger Games Novel): Movie Tie-in Edition

Suzanne Collins

Scholastic Inc. · Paperback · September 19, 2023

Ambition will fuel him.

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A tense, immersive return to Suzanne Collins’s brutal arena of feeling.
Themes
ambition, survival, power
Pacing
Mixed

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About this book

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.

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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 outmaneuver 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 favor 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.

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A tense, immersive return to Suzanne Collins’s brutal arena of feeling.

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  • survival tension
  • dark, immersive YA energy

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  • high stakes, lean momentum
  • bleak edges, emotional pressure

Where it sits

YA Dystopian Fiction80%
Media Tie-In YA42%
YA Survival Stories38%

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Publisher categories

  • YA Survival Stories
  • YA Dystopian Fiction
  • Abuse & Trauma for Teens
Authors
Suzanne Collins
Publisher
Scholastic Inc.
Published
September 19, 2023
Format
Paperback
Theme
ambition · survival · power
Reading lane
YA Survival Stories