Young Adult · Free kit
Sunrise on the Reaping
On his sixteenth birthday — which is also reaping day — District 12's Haymitch Abernathy wants only to finish his chores, waste the afternoon, and see Lenore Dove. The 50th Hunger Games is a Quarter Quell: twice as many tributes. When a boy runs from the square and is shot, Haymitch is shoved into the broadcast as the replacement. Suzanne Collins's 2025 prequel follows him to the Capitol with three other District 12 kids — a neighbor he calls sweetheart, a family oddsmaker, and the merchant girl he cannot stand — and into an arena built as much of cameras as of mutts. The question is not only whether he can win. It is whether anyone watching will be allowed to see what he actually did.
“Don't you let it rise on the reaping.”
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Sunrise on the Reaping Printables
Get the full printable pack on Etsy, or print individual pages from Bingo, Discussion Questions, and Hosting.
Bird-and-snake sticker sheet
Die-cut stickers inspired by the flint striker, a mockingjay, geese, a sunrise, and four tribute names — for journals or meeting favors.
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Favorite quote cards
Blank cards for the line that stayed: faulty logic, paint your own posters, don't let it rise, or whatever your group underlined in the Meadow.
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Character superlatives ballot
Vote Haymitch vs. Maysilee vs. Lenore Dove vs. Plutarch in categories that will start arguments, then tally out loud.
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Book club invite
Printable invite with the kit's hook, the edited-story question, and meeting details.
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Pretty-with-a-purpose cards
Small cards for the flint-striker surprise touch, plus a blank side if anyone wants to keep the object private.
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Review sheet
Likes/dislikes for the prequel, the Games plot, the recap, the ending's peace, and tears-to-comfort ratio. Room for a content-note check-in.
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