The 50th Hunger Games are about to begin—and this time, twice as many tributes will be taken.

Sunrise on the Reaping returns to the world of Panem twenty-four years before the events of The Hunger Games, revealing the story of a young Haymitch Abernathy and the brutal Second Quarter Quell.

In District 12, Haymitch wants nothing more than to make it through reaping day and spend time with the girl he loves. But when his name is called, the future he imagined disappears in an instant.

This Quarter Quell demands twice the usual number of tributes. Haymitch is sent to the Capitol alongside three others from District 12: a young friend who is almost like a sister to him, a compulsive oddsmaker, and one of the most difficult girls in town.

Once the Games begin, Haymitch quickly realizes that the odds were never meant to be in his favor.

But survival isn't the only thing on his mind.

As the Capitol transforms suffering into spectacle, Haymitch discovers something inside himself that refuses to surrender. If he's going down, he intends to make his fight matter far beyond the arena.

Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins expands the history of The Hunger Games through Haymitch's unforgettable story—a dystopian tale of survival, propaganda, resistance, sacrifice, love, and the devastating cost of challenging the Capitol.