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Shanel asked this question about The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (The Hunger Games, #0):

Coriolanus Snow was 18 during the 10th Hunger Games in this book. Katniss doesn’t come along until the 74th Hunger Games, making Snow 82 years old. Am I correct in thinking that? (This whole book I didn’t think it was about the ACTUAL President Snow because the dates didn’t seem to add up.)

Brooke Joiner ha! I'm glad I'm not the only one trying to figure out the age. He was 18 during the tenth HG's and the 74th HG's had to be 62 years later because the…moreha! I'm glad I'm not the only one trying to figure out the age. He was 18 during the tenth HG's and the 74th HG's had to be 62 years later because the 25th and the 50th HG's were Quarter Quells so they happened twice in one year. Making Snow 80 years old in the first book. That's what I came up with anyway.(less)

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Jennifer I thought the Quarter Quells were just extra terrible editions of the Hunger Games, not that they happened in the same year as the regularly scheduled ...more
Aug 30, 2020 08:05AM · flag

Brooke Joiner You may be right. I honestly don’t know what made me think that other than I must have read it? I’ve read the original trilogy several times. But mayb ...more
Aug 30, 2020 08:49AM · flag

Melanie Jennifer is right. The Quarter Quells were just extra "special" (AKA terrible) years. The second book opens six months after the first one ends when t ...more
Apr 10, 2021 04:05PM · flag

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