The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (The Hunger Games, #0)

by Suzanne Collins

This reaping day, like most, was shaping up to be a scorcher. But what else could you expect on July 4th?

there was nothing typical about Lucy Gray Baird.

“Ah, a rebel,”

Kiss her. Definitely, just kiss her.

Remember, you’re a Snow, he told himself. Let’s go out with some dignity.

“We were more than friends. We were like brothers.”

No, Lucy Gray was no lamb. She was not made of sugar. She was a victor.

“Not in the districts. In the Hunger Games,”

She could fly around District 12 all she liked, but she and her mockingjays could never harm him again.

until THE mockingjay

Snow lands on top.