The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins - Hunger Games Prequel - Hardback - Ages 12+ - Scholastic YA Dystopian Fiction

Condition: BRAND NEW Format: Hardback ISBN: 9780702300172 Publisher: Scholastic Age Range: 12+ Overview: Step back into Panem sixty-four years before Katniss Everdeen ever entered the arena. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is Suzanne Collins' gripping prequel to The Hunger Games, following eighteen-year-old Coriolanus Snow as he fights for status, survival, and his own soul. Told with the same razor-sharp tension and moral complexity that made the original trilogy a global phenomenon, this hardback edition is essential reading for teen and adult fans of dystopian fiction, and a striking addition to any bookshelf. About the Book: On the morning of the reaping for the tenth annual Hunger Games, Coriolanus Snow is a young man with nothing left but his name. Once-mighty, now impoverished, the Snow family's future rests on Coriolanus securing academic glory as a mentor in the Games. But when he is assigned the female tribute from the despised District 12, he must decide how far he is willing to go to win. Suzanne Collins builds a Capitol still finding its feet after a brutal war, where the rules of the Games are still being written and cruelty is inventive, untested, and shocking. As Coriolanus is drawn deeper into the arena's horrors and the Capitol's high society, the novel traces the choices, compromises, and quiet betrayals that will one day turn a hopeful young man into the tyrant readers know from the original trilogy. It is a story about the seduction of power, the fragility of decency, and the thin, permeable line between hero and villain. Fans of the original Hunger Games series will find familiar themes of survival and control examined from an unexpected, uncomfortable angle, while new readers will discover a complete and compelling standalone story. Collins' prose remains lean, immediate, and packed with tension, propelling readers through political intrigue, arena combat, and personal reckoning. This hardback edition, published by Scholastic, is built to l