The Hunger Games prequel Sunrise on the Reaping provides heartbreaking new details in an excerpt about Haymitch Abernathy and his family.

The new Hunger Games book, Sunrise on the Reaping, is all about grumpy mentor Haymitch Abernathy’s Hunger Games. Haymitch had a particularly awful Hunger Games; in his Quarter Quell, there were double the amount of Tributes in the arena.

The hotly anticipated fifth book comes out March 18 and a movie will follow in November 2026 A fifth Hunger Games book is on the horizon — with a movie hot on its heels. Suzanne Collins’ Sunrise on the Reaping (out March 18 from Scholastic),

So how did Haymitch Abernathy survive the deadly Second Quarter Quell? Well, we’re one step closer to finding out Haymitch Abernathy is quite the legend in the “Hunger Games”

It’s almost time to take another trip to the devastating world of Panem, this time to explore one of the darkest years in the history of the Hunger Games. The 50th edition of the Games, also known as the second Quarter Quell,

Fans of The Hunger Games franchise will be pleased to hear that the fifth novel is almost here. Read an exclusive extract from Sunrise On The Reaping on Grazia.

Sunrise on the Reaping will dive into the 50th Hunger Games and second Quarter Quell, which trilogy fans will recognize as the Games of victor Haymitch Abernathy of District 12. Catching Fire peeks into Haymitch’s Games during a scene in which Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark watch it on tape.

Sunrise on the Reaping's brief excerpt reveals quite a bit about Haymitch Abernathy's life before The Hunger Games.