“Sunrise on the Reaping,” which is based on the 2025 novel of the same name, is set 24 years before the first “Hunger Games” movie. Because it centers on a young Haymitch, most fans assumed that Harrelson would not be involved with the film.

I had some extra time on my hands this spring break, which allowed me to return to one of my favorite hobbies: reading.

There have always been a lot of questions about the 73 years of Hunger Games before Katniss and Peeta were selected as District 12’s tributes. Some answers came in the books that followed The Hunger Games,