Sunrise on the Reaping

Author: Collins, Suzanne

Interest age: from c 12 years

Published on 18 March 2025 by Scholastic in the United Kingdom as part of 'The Hunger Games' series.

Hardback | 416 pages
165 x 243 x 42 | 682g

“Sunrise on the Reaping is a propulsive, heart-wrenching

addition to The Hunger Games, adding welcome

texture to the cruel world of Panem . This is the project of dystopian

fiction: to shine a light in tyranny's greasiest corners

and show how people - ordinary, determined human beings - might take

it apart” - New York Times

“Collins is an excellent writer, and there are

moments of surprising lyricism . Sunrise on the Reaping contains

enough both to snare new readers and to satisfy the most bloodthirsty

fan” - Guardian

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 honour 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.

Four books, five films and one worldwide phenomenon, The

Hunger Games original trilogy changed the face of global YA

and The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes was an instant number

one bestseller (Nielsen Bookscan, May 2020).

All four of the Hunger Games novels have been

made into major feature films, starring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh

Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Rachel Zegler, Tom Blyth and Peter

Dinklage.

A feature film for Sunrise On the Reaping -  the

fifth book in the Hunger

Games series 

- is slated for November 2026

OTHER BOOKS IN THE SERIES

The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games illustrated edition released in

October 2024

Catching Fire

Mockingjay

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes