{"product_id":"9780702342370","title":"The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Deluxe","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Collins, Suzanne \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eInterest age: from c 12 years\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 4 February 2025 by Scholastic in the United Kingdom as part of 'The Hunger Games' series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 528 pages\u003cbr\u003e133 x 204 x 31 | 436g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith beautiful artwork by Freya Betts, this paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eedition features gorgeous sprayed edges with stencilled artwork.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a breathtaking collectible perfect for the long-time fan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eor new Hunger Games reader.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBallad of Songbirds and Snakes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEverything you would expect from Collins is here:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efraught teenage love; plenty of violence... the themes of friendship,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebetrayal, authority and oppression will please and thrill' The\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGuardian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'It works beautifully... please don't make us wait\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eanother decade' The Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmbition will fuel him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCompetition\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewill drive him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut power\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehas its price.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the tenth\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eannual Hunger Games.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the Capitol, eighteen-year-old Coriolanus Snow is preparing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efor his one shot at glory as a mentor in the Games. The once-mighty\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehouse of Snow has fallen on hard times, its fate hanging on the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eslender chance that Coriolanus will be able to outcharm, outwit,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand outmaneuvre his fellow students to mentor the winning tribute.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe odds are against him. He's been given the humiliating assignment\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof mentoring the female tribute from District 12, the lowest\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof the low. Their fates are now completely intertwined - every\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003echoice Coriolanus makes could lead to favour or failure, triumph\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eor ruin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside the arena, it will be a fight to the death. Outside the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003earena, Coriolanus starts to feel for his doomed tribute…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand must weigh his need to follow the rules against his desire to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esurvive no matter what it takes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree books, four films and one WORLDWIDE PHENOMENON,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Hunger Games changed the face of global YA.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll four Hunger Games books have been made into feature\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efilms, the first three starring Jennifer Lawence, Liam Hemsworth,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJosh Hutcherson, Stanley Tucci, Elizabeth Banks and Donald Sutherland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fourth movie of  The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ereleased November 2023 and has an all-star cast including Tom\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlyth, Rachel Zegler, Viola Davis and Peter Dinklage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eABOUT THE COVERS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo celebrate the release of Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efeature film, Freya Betts has taken the four iconic logos and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eadded a modern twist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFreya is a UK based freelance illustrator who focuses on hyper-realistic\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eportraiture, mainly in the medium of digital painting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe has worked predominantly in the film industry - her journey\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebeginning with an apprenticeship at age 18, art-working film campaigns\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efor Universal and Paramount in London. Now she finds\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eherself illustrating film posters for Disney and Marvel, her work\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehas appeared everywhere from giant murals in New York to t-shirts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ein H\u0026amp;M. Clients include: Disney, Netflix, Marvel, Apple TV,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUber, Royal Mail, The LA Times \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePRAISE FOR THE FIRST BOOK, THE HUNGER GAMES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'I was so obsessed with this book. . . . The Hunger Games\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eis amazing.' Stephenie Meyer, author of the Twilight\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esaga\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'I couldn't stop reading.' Stephen King, Entertainment\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWeekly\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for Catching Fire\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Collins has done that rare thing. She has written a sequel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat improves upon the first book.' 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