Kay helped engineer jabberjay birds to be used as a secret spying tactic. The mockingjays have more of a purpose than reciting that whistling tune that’s so hard to get out of one’s head when watching the Hunger Games films. Snow inhales the scent of her powder as a way to stay calm and remember what it was liked to be loved the way his mother loved him. The compact is filled with powder that has a rose scent. Snow also treasures a compact of his late mother, who passed away while giving birth to who would’ve been his sister. In the prequel, we learn that Snow’s grandmother has a rose garden with her roses prized in the Capitol. (Here’s to hoping Collins shares more information in future books.) Unfortunately, it isn’t made clear as to what truly lies outside Panem other than there are people living in lands on the outskirts of districts. When the Capitol rose to power again, they took it a step further with the Hunger Games event to represent the agony and starvation that everyone in Panem had experienced. Those living in the Capitol became so hungry that some resorted to cannibalism. It was feared that forgetting could lead to complacency and, by not remembering it, they’d return to being helpless and easy to overpower.ĭuring the war, the rebels held the food-producing districts as a tactic in starving the Capitol into submission. The Hunger Games event was created as a way to keep memories of the war fresh in the minds of Capitol citizens. Volumnia Gaul who is the head gamemaker and the mastermind behind the Capitol’s experimental weapons division (i.e., the one in charge of making the event as gruesome as she wants for entertainment). However, this time around a girl from District 12 sparks a flame to the slowly rising fire of the Capitol, leaving Snow to wonder whether love is worth losing the power he yearns for.ĭean Casa Highbottom is credited as being the creator of the event. After becoming a mentor in the 10th annual Hunger Games, it is there when readers learn the origin story of the blood-thirsty event that calls on two members from each district to kill to win the coveted title. Collins outlines Snow’s family’s backstory from being part of the elite in the Capitol to losing all their wealth and status due to the war. Throughout the 517-page novel, readers are taken on a journey of Snow’s former life before he became the feared President of Panem. Only this time, instead of following Katniss Everdeen’s journey from being a girl from District 12 to the iconic mockingjay encouraging districts to take down Snow and the Capitol rule, readers get into the mind of Snow himself. In Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games prequel, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, the author reintroduces readers to the world of Panem and the villainous tyrant President Coriolanus Snow. "A comedy as delicious as any whipped up by the Bard. Over the next three days one girl takes a risky shortcut with an adorable stranger, three friends set out to win a race to the Waffle House (and the hash brown spoils), and the fate of a teacup pig falls into the hands of a lovesick barista.Ī trio of today's bestselling authors-John Green, Maureen Johnson, and Lauren Myracle-brings all the magic of the holidays to life in three hilarious and charming interconnected tales of love, romance, and kisses that will steal your breath away. One brave soul ventures out into the storm from her stranded train, setting off a chain of events that will change quite a few lives. An ill-timed storm on Christmas Eve buries the residents of Gracetown under multiple feet of snow and causes quite a bit of chaos.
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