Sunrise on the Reaping (A Hunger Games Novel)
Suzanne Collins
Sunrise on the Reaping is the story every Panem fan has been waiting to read since meeting the irascible, haunted, and lionhearted Haymitch Abernathy in The Hunger Games.
Over the course of three books, Haymitch proved himself a devoted crusader for freedom. In this fifth novel, Suzanne Collins brings readers to the second Quarter Quell (24 years before the events of The Hunger Games) in which each district is forced to send double the number of children to the Capitol. Teen Haymitch travels to the arena with three other tributes: a beloved friend, a gambler, and a disdainful girl.
"With Sunrise on the Reaping," Collins said, "I was inspired by David Hume's idea of implicit submission and, in his words, 'the easiness with which the many are governed by the few.' The story also lent itself to a deeper dive into the use of propaganda and the power of those who control the narrative." Fans will be thrilled to finally learn how a young man from District 12 turned into a flawed Panem hero.