BOOK REVIEW

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Connects to Current World Events

This Hunger Games prequel can lay bare our biases and evoke empathy.

Cover art by Tim O’Brien — Jacket by Elizabeth B Parisi for Scholastic Press, Photo by author

Fans of Suzanne Collins’s Hunger Games franchise rejoice! Her latest addition, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, is well worth the wait.