‘Sunrise on the Reaping’ Audiobook to Be Narrated by Yellowstone Star Jefferson White

Jefferson White‘s voice will bring the story of Haymitch Abernathy to life.

Schloastic announced Monday, Feb. 3 that theYellowstone star will narrate the audiobook edition of Suzanne Collins’ highly-anticipated Sunrise on the Reaping. The fifth Hunger Games book will follow District 12’s Haymitch as he fights through the 50th Hunger Games.

“It’s an honor to be a small part of a world I’ve loved for so long — Suzanne Collins is a genius and it’s equal parts exhilarating and terrifying to be back in Panem,” said White, 35.

“We are beyond thrilled to have the prodigiously talented Jefferson White narrate the audio edition of Sunrise on the Reaping,” said Lori Benton, president of Scholastic Audio. “With his ability to capture the subtle complexities of characters, Jefferson delivers a dynamic and nuanced performance that will draw listeners deeper into the raw emotion and intensity of the world Suzanne Collins has built. It’s an auditory adventure that you won’t want to miss!”

White stars as Jimmy Hurdstrom in Paramount’s TV western, which just wrapped up its fifth season. He’s also recently appeared in Civil War and Hellboy: The Crooked Man, both released in 2024.

First announced June 6, 2024, Sunrise on the Reaping dives into the tragic backstory of tortured Hunger Games mentor Haymitch, who guides protagonists Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark throughout their games in the original trilogy. The fifth book sees the 50th Hunger Games, also the second Quarter Quell — a games of special significance, held every 25 years — where the number of tributes in the games is doubled.

“When Haymitch’s name is called, he can feel all his dreams break,” an official synopsis teases. “He’s torn from his family and his love, shuttled to the Capitol with the three other District 12 tributes: a young friend who’s nearly a sister to him, a compulsive oddsmaker, and the most stuck-up girl in town.”

The synopsis continues, “As the Games begin, Haymitch understands he’s been set up to fail. But there’s something in him that wants to fight … and have that fight reverberate far beyond the deadly arena.”

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The forthcoming Sunrise on the Reaping follows Collins’ fourth book The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, which explored the early world of Coriolanus Snow — who later went on to become the infamous, tyrannical president of Panem. Like the fourth book, Sunrise on the Reaping will be adapted into a film, which is slated to debut in theaters Nov. 20, 2026.

Sunrise on the Reaping will be available in print as well as e-book and audiobook formats on March 18, 2025 and is available for preorder now, wherever books are sold.