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ABOUT SUZANNE COLLINS AND THE HUNGER GAMES

Suzanne Collins is the author of the New York Times best-selling series The Underland Chronicles and The Hunger Games.

Her groundbreaking young adult novels, The Hunger Games, Catching Fire and Mockingjay were New York Times bestsellers, they received wide praise and were the basis for four popular films.

She returned to the world of Panem with The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes releasing in cinemas 16 November.

THE HUNGER GAMES: THE BALLAD OF SONGBIRDS & SNAKES - IN CINEMAS NOVEMBER 16.

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THE BALLAD OF SONGBIRDS & SNAKES
(THE HUNGER GAMES: MOVIE TIE-IN EDITION)

Coriolanus Snow has one shot at glory as a mentor in the tenth annual Hunger Games. He plans to outcharm, outwit, and outmanoeuvre his fellow students to mentor the winning tribute. The odds are against him: he has been given the female tribute from District 12, the lowest of the low.

Their fates are now intertwined – every choice Coriolanus makes could lead to favour or failure, triumph or ruin. Inside the arena, it will be a fight to the death. Outside the area, Coriolanus will do anything it takes to survive.

New editions of the award-winning and best-selling dystopian survival series, The Hunger Games. Four books, five films and one worldwide phenomenon, The Hunger Games changed the face of global YA.

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In a dark vision of the near future, twelve boys and twelve girls are forced to appear in a live TV show called the Hunger Games. There is only one rule: kill or be killed.

When sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen steps forward to take her sister’s place in the games, she sees it as a death sentence. But Katniss has been close to death before. For her, survival is second nature.

Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark are still alive. Katniss should be believed, but now there are whispers of a rebellion against the Capitol—a rebellion that Katniss and Peeta may have helped create.

As the nation watches Katniss and Peeta, the stakes are higher than ever. One false move and the consequences will be unimaginable.

Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. But she’s still not safe. A revolution is unfolding, and everyone, it seems, has had a hand in the carefully laid plans—everyone except Katniss.

And yet she must play the most vital part in the final battle. Katniss must become their Mockingjay—the symbol of rebellion—no matter what the personal cost.

Coriolanus Snow has one shot at glory as a mentor in the tenth annual Hunger Games. He plans to outcharm, outwit, and outmanoeuvre his fellow students to mentor the winning tribute. The odds are against him: he has been given the female tribute from District 12, the lowest of the low.

Their fates are now intertwined – every choice Coriolanus makes could lead to favour or failure, triumph or ruin. Inside the arena, it will be a fight to the death. Outside the area, Coriolanus will do anything it takes to survive.