The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

YA Fiction
Written By Nellwyn Lampert

By Suzanne Collins
©️2020

The Facts:

  • At the start of the tenth hunger games, a young Coriolanus Snow mentors a tribute from District 12.

  • Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Series Prequel

  • Young Adult (ages 12+)

The Feelings:

  • My favourite of the series. The most psychologically and emotionally complex.

  • Totally unpredictable.

  • Darker/more disturbing than the main series.

  • Fun to read the prequel after the main series. Dramatic irony heightens the tension and emotional experience.

Recommended For:

  • Any Hunger Games fan.

  • Any YA reader interested in speculative fiction, action/adventure, and flawed, conflicted protagonists.

Nellwyn Lampert https://www.nellwynlampert.com
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