Haymitch Abernathy, Katniss and Peeta’s mentor from the first trilogy, narrates the events of Sunrise on the Reaping, which starts when he’s 16 years old. But Collins also gives other players more fleshed-out backstories, adding new insight about their characters.

Your heart was probably prepared to be broken by Suzanne Collins’ new novel Sunrise on the Reaping, the tragic story of how Haymitch Abernathy won the Hunger Games and lost everyone he loved. But were you ready to learn so much about Katniss Everdeen’s family as well,

Haymitch calls Katniss "sweetheart" from the very beginning, but Sunrise on the Reaping explains she's not the first he's bestowed it upon.