The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

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The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Cover of The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
Author(s) Suzanne Collins
Published May 19, 2020
Publisher Scholastic Press
Genre(s) Science Fiction
Age group Young Adult


The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins is a young adult science fiction novel, originally published on May 19, 2020. It is book zero in The Hunger Games series.

Trigger Warnings

  • Alcohol
  • Animal abuse
  • Animal death
  • Body horror
  • Cannibalism
  • Childbirth (with complications)
  • Death (including child and parental)
  • Death by falling
  • Drug use
  • Eating disorder
  • Emesis
  • Eye removal
  • Gun violence
  • Hanging
  • Heart attack (mentioned)
  • Loss of limbs
  • Poverty
  • Prostitution (mentioned)
  • Rabies
  • Snakes
  • Starvation (mentioned)
  • Suicide ideation
  • Torture
  • Violence

Representation

An asterisk (*) indicates that the author openly identifies with that identity.

  • Characters of color
  • MLM minor character (brief mention)
  • WLW minor character (brief mention)

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