A New Hunger Games Novel is Coming

Sunrise on the Reaping to Be Released in 2025

The prequel novel will revisit the world of Panem 24 years before the events of The Hunger Games trilogy

Scholastic, the publisher of the Hunger Games trilogy, announced on Tuesday that a new novel in the series is set to be released on March 18, 2025. The novel, titled "Sunrise on the Reaping," is a prequel that will revisit the world of Panem 24 years before the events of the original trilogy.

The Hunger Games trilogy, written by Suzanne Collins, is set in a dystopian future where the nation of Panem is divided into 12 districts. Each year, two tributes from each district are chosen to participate in the Hunger Games, a televised event where the tributes fight to the death until only one remains. The trilogy has sold over 100 million copies worldwide and has been adapted into a series of four films.

"Sunrise on the Reaping" will be the fifth novel in the Hunger Games series. It is set during the "Dark Days," a period of time after the rebellion against the Capitol but before the events of the original trilogy. The novel will follow a young woman named Lucy Gray Baird as she travels to the Capitol to compete in the Hunger Games.

Collins said in a statement that she was inspired to write "Sunrise on the Reaping" after she began to think about the history of Panem. "I wanted to explore the world of Panem before the events of the trilogy," she said. "I wanted to see how the Hunger Games came to be and how the people of Panem came to accept them."

Scholastic said that "Sunrise on the Reaping" is a "powerful and moving" novel that will appeal to both fans of the Hunger Games trilogy and new readers alike.

The announcement of a new Hunger Games novel has been met with excitement from fans of the trilogy. Many fans have taken to social media to express their eagerness to read "Sunrise on the Reaping" and to learn more about the history of Panem.