Сьюзен Коллинз: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

Copyright © 2020 by Suzanne Collins

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e-ISBN 978-1-338-63518-8

First edition, May 2020

Jacket design by Elizabeth B. Parisi

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Table of Contents

Title Page

Dedication

Epigraph

Part I: “The Mentor”

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2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Part II: “The Prize”

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Part III: “The Peacekeeper”

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

Epilogue

The Hunger Games Teaser

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Copyright