{"product_id":"the-ballad-of-songbirds-and-snakes","title":"The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is the best Hunger Games movie of them all\"USA TODAY\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"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\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"It works beautifully... please don't make us wait another decade\"The Times\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003epre-order Sunrise On the Reaping- the fifth book in the Hunger Games series - coming March 2025\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAmbition will fuel him.\u003cbr\u003e Competition will drive him.\u003cbr\u003e But power has its price.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the tenth annual Hunger Games.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn 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 outmaneuvre his fellow students to mentor the winning tribute.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe odds are against him.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHe'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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInside 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eThree books, four films and one worldwide phenomenon, The Hunger Gamesoriginal trilogy changed the face of global YA.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAll three of the Hunger Games original novels have been made into major feature films, starring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson \u0026amp; Liam Hemsworth\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe best-selling prequel to The Hunger Games, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, was a global number one feature film in autumn 2023 and a number one New York Times and The Times bestseller in hardback in May 2020.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOTHER BOOKS IN THE SERIES\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Hunger Games\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCatching Fire\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMockingjay\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSunrise On the Reaping - the fifth book in theHunger Games series - coming March 2025 \u0026amp; a film adaptation is slated for November 2026\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Hunger Gamesillustrated edition is releasing in October 2024\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Scholastic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48369725898935,"sku":"9780702309519","price":299.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/0585\/8999\/files\/739173482438.jpg?v=1777536675","url":"https:\/\/bargain-books-3052.myshopify.com\/products\/the-ballad-of-songbirds-and-snakes","provider":"Bargain Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}