Another book where young people kill one another. These are shockingly successful.

… Sunrise on the Reaping contains enough both to snare new readers and to satisfy the most bloodthirsty fans.
Guardian review

Sunrise on the Reaping (2025) is a dystopian novel by American author Suzanne Collins.

… the second prequel novel to the original The Hunger Games trilogy, following The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (2020). …

Set 24 years before the events of the first novel, the narrative delves into themes of political manipulation, the power of propaganda, and the complexities of societal control under a totalitarian regime and centers on the 50th Hunger Games …

We are cheering:

• Haymitch Abernathy – male tribute from District 12
• Maysilee Donner – female tribute from District 12

Needless to say, this book is a huge hit, the biggest debut for any title in Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games series.

Woody Harrelson plays Haymitch in the Catching Fire film. … Many years later.

The next will star Joseph Zada as Haymitch Abernathy & Mckenna Grace as Maysilee Donner.