{"product_id":"9780702340574","title":"Sunrise on the Reaping","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Suzanne Collins\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eInterest age: from c 12 years\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 18 March 2025 by Scholastic in the United Kingdom as part of 'The Hunger Games' series.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003ch4\u003eHardback | 416 pages\u003cbr\u003e165 x 243 x 42mm | 686g\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Sunrise on the Reaping is a propulsive, heart-wrenching\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eaddition to The Hunger Games, adding welcome\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etexture to the cruel world of Panem . This is the project of dystopian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efiction: to shine a light in tyranny's greasiest corners\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand show how people - ordinary, determined human beings - might take\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eit apart” - New York Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Collins is an excellent writer, and there are\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emoments of surprising lyricism . Sunrise on the Reaping contains\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eenough both to snare new readers and to satisfy the most bloodthirsty\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efan” - Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e When you've been set up to lose everything you love,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhat is there left to fight for?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e As the day dawns on the fiftieth annual Hunger Games, fear grips\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe districts of Panem. This year, in honour of the Quarter\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQuell, twice as many tributes will be taken from their homes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBack in District 12, Haymitch Abernathy is trying not to think\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etoo hard about his chances. All he cares about is making it through\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe day and being with the girl he loves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Haymitch's name is called, he can feel all his dreams break.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe's torn from his family and his love, shuttled to the Capitol\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewith the three other District 12 tributes: a young friend who's\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003enearly a sister to him, a compulsive oddsmaker, and the most stuck-up\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003egirl in town.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the Games begin, Haymitch understands he's been set up to fail.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut there's something in him that wants to fight . . . and have\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat fight reverberate far beyond the deadly arena.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour books, five films and one worldwide phenomenon,  The\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHunger Games original trilogy changed the face of global YA\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes was an instant number\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eone bestseller (Nielsen Bookscan, May 2020).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll four of the Hunger Games novels have been\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emade into major feature films, starring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Rachel Zegler, Tom Blyth and Peter\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDinklage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA feature film for Sunrise On the Reaping -  the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efifth book in the Hunger\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGames series \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- is slated for November 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOTHER BOOKS IN THE SERIES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Hunger Games\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Hunger Games illustrated edition released in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOctober 2024\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCatching Fire\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMockingjay\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Suzanne Collins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56261308580165,"sku":"9780702340574","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/3721\/6069\/files\/9780702340574.jpg?v=1763038278","url":"https:\/\/stripyduckbookshopcafe.co.uk\/products\/9780702340574","provider":"The Stripy Duck Bookshop Café","version":"1.0","type":"link"}