The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins — used hardcover with dust jacket. A Hunger Games novel, Scholastic Press. ISBN 978-1-338-63517-1.

The prequel. Sixty-four years before Katniss, an eighteen-year-old Coriolanus Snow is the last hope of a fading family and has just been handed the humiliating job of mentoring the girl tribute from District 12. The back cover puts it plainly: "Ambition will fuel him. Competition will drive him. But power has its price."

Adapted into the 2023 film of the same name.

Condition: very good, pre-owned. Clean text block, tight binding, no writing or highlighting. Light shelf wear to the jacket. Both covers photographed.

One copy, one of one. Ships free from Portland, Oregon.