Suzanne Collins' "Sunrise on the Reaping" is a prequel to "The Hunger Games" about young Haymitch.Lionsgate greenlit a movie adaptation in 2024, almost a year before the book hit shelves.Although a release date and cast haven't been announced,

"With more than 1.2 million copies sold in the U.S. alone, Sunrise on the Reaping has sold twice as many copies its first week on sale domestically as The Ballad of Songbirds and

Haymitch Abernathy’s time in the Hunger Games is at the center of Suzanne Collins’ newest prequel book, Sunrise on the Reaping. Set 24 years before the events of the first novel featuring Katniss Everdeen (played by Jennifer Lawrence in the film franchise) and Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson),