Sunrise on the Reaping

How it opens

Haymitch Abernathy turns sixteen on reaping day in District 12, in the year of the second Quarter Quell, when twice as many tributes are drawn. He spends the morning working at Hattie Meeney's still in the woods, then meets his girl, Lenore Dove, who gives him a flint striker for his birthday. At the reaping one of the boys drawn, Woodbine Chance, runs for an alley and is shot, and Haymitch is clubbed with a rifle butt when he jumps in to shield Lenore Dove. The Capitol escort, Drusilla Sickle, makes Haymitch the replacement and calls his name on the live broadcast as if it had been drawn.

Who you meet early

• Lenore Dove BairdLenore Dove Baird is the Covey girl Haymitch Abernathy loves, raised in District 12 by her uncles Clerk Carmine and Tam Amber.
• Burdock EverdeenBurdock Everdeen is Haymitch's younger friend from District 12, a boy with a high, clear singing voice who first coaxes Haymitch past the district fence and out to the woods.
• Drusilla SickleDrusilla Sickle is the Capitol escort who has come to District 12 for its reapings since the first Quarter Quell, a plastic-faced woman whose skin is pinned taut by a ring of fancy tacks.
• Louella McCoyLouella McCoy is a smart, spunky girl from three houses down the Abernathys' street in District 12, and the first girl reaped for the second Quarter Quell, a year that sends twice the usual number of tributes.
• Maysilee DonnerA merchant-class girl from District 12 with a twin sister, Merrilee.

Where it sits

Sunrise on the Reaping is a prequel to The Hunger Games, outside its 3 main books. The main series begins with The Hunger Games.

The opening on this page is written only from chapters 1 and 2 of Sunrise on the Reaping. Character notes are the wiki’s public introductions, the same ones it shows before you set any progress.