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

by Suzanne Collins

Ambition before the Hunger Games

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Ambition before the Hunger Games

Set during the tenth Hunger Games, this prequel places the young Coriolanus Snow in the role of mentor, years before the events associated with his later name. His family’s decline makes the contest a chance to restore its standing, while his assignment—a female tribute from District 12—puts personal ambition in tension with responsibility and survival. The arena’s lethal competition and the Capitol’s social maneuvering frame a story about power, status, and choices made under pressure. The movie tie-in edition presents the novel in paperback.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in dystopian fiction.
  • Readers curious about the early history of Coriolanus Snow and the Hunger Games setting.
  • Those drawn to stories combining a deadly competition with questions of ambition and power.

Themes

Ambition and social statusPower and survivalCompetition and responsibility

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Book overview

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.

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