TY - BOOK AU - Collins,Suzanne TI - The ballad of songbirds and snakes T2 - A Hunger Games novel SN - 9781338635171 AV - PS3603.O4558 B35 2020 U1 - 813/.6 23/eng/20230327 PY - 2020/// CY - New York PB - Scholastic Press KW - Survival KW - Juvenile fiction KW - Contests KW - Insurgency KW - Courage KW - Television programs KW - Teenagers KW - Fiction KW - Science fiction KW - Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse KW - Adolescents KW - cct KW - Survival skills KW - Interpersonal relations KW - fast KW - sears KW - Young adult fiction KW - Fictional Work KW - Novels KW - Juvenile works KW - Dystopian fiction KW - Young adult works KW - gsafd KW - lcgft KW - Romans KW - rvmgf N1 - Ages: 14-18; Grades: 9-12 N2 - 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 ER -