Dystopian · Young adult
Sunrise on the Reaping
A prequel to The Hunger Games set decades earlier, following a teenage Haymitch Abernathy as he is forced into the Games' second Quarter Quell. It shows how the Capitol's grip took shape.
- First published
- 2025
- Pace
- fast
- Length
- medium
- Format
- Standalone
Read this if you want a bleaker, character-focused return to Panem with the Games as the main event.
Skip this if you want a hopeful read, because the story is grim and its outcome is already shadowed by the original trilogy.
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