The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Movie Tie-in Award-winning author by Suzanne Collins (author)

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Now a blockbuster, star-studded movie! “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 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 outmanoeuvre 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 original Hunger Games trilogy changed the face of global YA.
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes was a global number one hit in hardback on release w/c 18 March 2020.

Our October 2023 Teen Book of the Month

Our Book of the Month for teen readers is the stunning tie-in edition to the biggest movie of the year, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins. Revisit Panem sixty-four years before the events of The Hunger Games, starting on the morning of the reaping of the Tenth 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 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. Ambition will fuel him. Competition will drive him. But power has its price.

One of the biggest global YA bestsellers of recent years is coming to the big screen! Rachel Zegler, Tom Blyth, Peter Dinklage, and Viola Davis star in what is guaranteed to be the most-watched and talked about film of 2023. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is filled with all the trademark themes fans expect from Suzanne Collins: teenage love, violence, friendship, betrayal, and rebellion against authority. This gorgeous tie-in edition of the number-one bestseller and BookTok sensation is the perfect gift for any Hunger Games fan. The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes will be released in cinemas from 17th November 2023.”

Emma – Book Club Editor, Ages 7-11+

Product Details

Catalogue number

1292 in SCB Offer May 2025

Series

The Hunger Games

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9780702328909

Publisher

Scholastic

Date published

September 19th, 2023

Other details

528 pages

Condition

New

Part of this Series

The Hunger Games

Author/Illustrator

Suzanne Collins

Bestselling author Suzanne Collins first made her mark in children’s literature with the New York Times bestselling Underland Chronicles series for middle grade readers. Her debut for readers aged 12 and up, The Hunger Games immediately became a New York Times bestseller, appealing to both teen readers and adults. It was called “addictive” by Stephen King in Entertainment Weekly, and “amazing” by Stephenie Meyer on her website, and was named a New York Times Notable Book of 2008 and a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice.

Catching Fire, the second book in The Hunger Games trilogy, debuted at #1 on the USA Today bestseller list and simultaneously appeared at #1 on the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Publishers Weekly bestseller lists. It was named a Time Magazine Top Ten Fiction Book of 2009, a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice, and a People Magazine (Top 10)Best Book of 2009. Mockingjay, the thrilling final installment in trilogy, was published to worldwide acclaim in 2010.

Foreign rights for The Hunger Games and its sequels have been sold in over 39 countries to date. In April 2010, Suzanne Collins was named to the TIME 100 list of “the world’s most influential people.” Lionsgate will release The Hunger Games movie in March 2012, with Oscar-nominated Jennifer Lawrence starring as Katniss.

Suzanne has also had a successful and prolific career 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. She received a Writers Guild of America nomination in animation for co-writing the critically acclaimed Santa, Baby!

Suzanne Collins lives with her family in Connecticut.