The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

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.

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.

9781339016580
English
528 pages
Scholastic Press
Scholastic Inc.