The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (a Hunger Games Novel) -- Suzanne Collins, Hardcover

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 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.

Author: Suzanne Collins
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Published: 05/19/2020
Pages: 528
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.90w x 1.70d
ISBN: 9781338635171
Age Range: 12-17

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.1
Point Value: 24
Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus
Quiz #/Name: 508008 / Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 05/25/2020
School Library Journal 05/22/2020 pg. 1
Kirkus Reviews 06/15/2020
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 09/01/2020
Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2020 pg. 86

About the Author
Suzanne Collins is the author of the bestselling Underland Chronicles series, which started with Gregor the Overlander. Her groundbreaking young adult novels, The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, and Mockingjay, were New York Times bestsellers, received wide praise, and were the basis for four popular films. She returned to the world of Panem with The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. Year of the Jungle, her picture book based on the year her father was deployed in Vietnam, was published in 2013 to great critical acclaim. To date, her books have been published in fifty-three languages around the world.