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Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games)

A Hunger Games Novel

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Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games)

By: Suzanne Collins
Narrated by: Jefferson White
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The phenomenal fifth book in the Hunger Games series!

Acclaimed actor Jefferson White, who starred in Paramount Network's Yellowstone as Jimmy Hurdstrom, brings his talent to the worldwide best-selling Hunger Games series as narrator of the Sunrise on the Reaping audiobook!

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.

©2025 Suzanne Collins (P)2025 Scholastic Audio Books
Action & Adventure Editors Select Literature & Fiction Science Fiction & Fantasy Survival Stories Game Tear-jerking
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Editorial Review

Cinna told me to listen to this
In 2012, my boyfriend (now husband) bought me a shirt that said Cinna told me to wear this, and I think that should tell you everything you need to know about my devotion to The Hunger Games franchise. The latest addition to the series, Sunrise on the Reaping, is something I didn’t even know I could hope for: Haymitch’s origin story. And my already high levels of anticipation for the release reached a fever-pitch when Jefferson White ( Yellowstone) was announced as the narrator, and we got to hear a sneak peek of his performance. We first met Haymitch as Katniss and Peeta’s mentor in Book 1, and since then all we could do was speculate about his own journey in the Hunger Games some 24 years before. In Sunrise on the Reaping we’ll get to meet a 16-year-old Haymitch (and perhaps the teenage versions of Katniss’s parents, Effie, and Cinna ... one can dream), and finally learn how the tenacious teen became the hardened man we all have a soft spot for. May the odds be ever in his favour. —Katie O., Audible Editor

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Excellent story, that builds on the other stories. Great performance too. Couldn’t stop listening. Highly recommend

Another brilliant hunger games book!

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On a July morning sleeping, Haymitch heard his brother creeping--
Over many a cracked and creaking wooden board upon the floor—
As he stirred no longer dreaming, slowly silver dawn came streaming--
Falling as a Sickle gleaming reaps four tributes, then one more.
“’Tis just backstory,” I muttered, as I opened wide the door—
Now I'm shooketh to my core.

Outstanding narration. As to the story, I've already been crying over Haymitch for fifteen years. Guess I'll cry forevermore.

Will I Reread? Nevermore

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And I thought I couldn’t love Haymitch anymore..well I was wrong ✋🏼😭

Broken over here

Haymitch 💔😭

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Beautifully written, fabulous narration & great character voices. I loved the story and the way it was told.

Beautiful!

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I think Suzanne Collins did an excellent job with the story and the characters

BEST HUNGER GAMES BOOK EVER?

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