Sunrise on the Reaping
by Suzanne Collins
more Young Adult & Dystopian →Sunrise on the Reaping reframes a Hunger Games side detail (Haymitch's Quarter Quell) into a full prequel, and it's noticeably darker about exactly how the Capitol manipulates its own narrative. Knowing Haymitch's bitter future going in changes how every scene reads.
why track this in moth
It works as both prequel and series capstone; Moth's series tracking is useful if you want to read the Hunger Games books in chronological rather than publication order.
Book facts
- Genre
- Teen & Young Adult, Literature & Fiction, Action & Adventure, Social & Family Issues, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Publisher
- Scholastic Press
- Published
- August 4, 2026
- Pages
- 400
- Reading time
- 7 hr 57 min · ~19 nights at 25 min/day in Moth
- ISBN
- 9781546171607
- Language
- en
Publisher's summary
The phenomenal fifth book in the Hunger Games series: Haymitch's story. #1 USA Today Bestseller • #1 New York Times Bestseller • #1 Indie Bestseller • #1 Publishers Weekly Bestseller • A New York Times Editors' Choice "A propulsive, brutal Hunger Games prequel is here. And it's great." The New York Times
When you've been set up to lose everything you love, what is there left to fight for?
As the day dawns on the fiftieth annual Hunger Games, fear grips the districts of Panem. This year, in honor of the Quarter Quell, twice as many tributes will be taken from their homes.
Back in District 12, Haymitch Abernathy is trying not to think too hard about his chances. All he cares about is making it through the day and being with the girl he loves.
When Haymitch's name is called, he can feel all his dreams break. He's torn from his family and his love, shuttled to the Capitol with the three other District 12 tributes: a young friend who's nearly a sister to him, a compulsive oddsmaker, and the most stuck-up girl in town. As the Games begin, Haymitch understands he's been set up to fail. But there's something in him that wants to fight . . . and have that fight reverberate far beyond the deadly arena.
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