Sunrise on the Reaping

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Sunrise on the Reaping
Author Suzanne Collins
LanguageEnglish
Series The Hunger Games
Genre Science fiction, Dystopian
Publisher Scholastic
Publication date
March 18, 2025
Publication placeUnited States
Pages400 [1]
ISBN 9781546171461
Preceded by The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes  
Followed by The Hunger Games  

Sunrise on the Reaping is an upcoming dystopian novel written by the American author Suzanne Collins. It is the second prequel novel to the original The Hunger Games trilogy, following The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, released in 2020. It is set 24 years before the events of the first novel. It is set to be released on March 18, 2025, by Scholastic. [2] A film adaptation was announced to be in production on June 6, 2024, and is set to be released by Lionsgate on November 20, 2026. [3]

Background

The prequel begins on the morning of the reaping for the 50th Hunger Games, also known as the Second Quarter Quell, which was won by character Haymitch Abernathy. As told in Catching Fire , for the Second Quarter Quell, the Capitol reaped double the amount of tributes to compete in the Hunger Games. [4] While in the arena, Haymitch realizes that a forcefield surrounds the arena and that anything thrown at it bounces back. In his final showdown with a Career girl from District 1, Haymitch strategically dodges her axe throw and allows it to hit the forcefield, where it bounces back and hits her in the face, killing her and making him the winner of the games since he has outlasted the other tributes. [4] As punishment for using the arena to his advantage, Haymitch's mother, brother, and girlfriend are all murdered by orders of President Snow. [5]

Collins was inspired by Scottish philosopher David Hume, specifically his ideas of implicit submission and "the easiness with which the many are governed by the few". [6] Questions surrounding the use of propaganda and the power of media narratives also inspired Collins to explore the concept of what is ‘Real or not real?’ in the upcoming novel. [7]

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