The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (A Hunger Games Novel) (The Hunger Games)

but she had a sweetness, a vulnerability that invited abuse.

Oh, a ghost story. Ugh. Boo. So ridiculous.

Ah. Lots of nonsense words, but she got lost in the snow. Well, no wonder, if they sent her out into a snowstorm. And then she probably froze to death.

Okay, so there was a little girl who lived on a mountain. And apparently had trouble making friends.

He saw her so little he could not afford moodiness.

He saw her so little he could not afford moodiness.

Coriolanus took another six popcorn balls, of which he allowed himself only one. The rest he would save for the Covey.

The ache of losing his university career returned briefly,

Test-taking ranked among Coriolanus’s greatest talents, and he felt the familiar rush of excitement as he opened the cover of his booklet. He loved the challenge, and his obsessive nature meant almost instant absorption into the mental obstacle course.

“Trying to get some happy in her head.”