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Katniss's mockingjay pin is the rebels' symbol in The Hunger Games, but Sunrise on the Reaping reveals its deeper history.

Sure, I love fan service as much as the next reader, but Sunrise on the Reaping is more than just backstory. The fifth novel and second prequel to Suzanne Collins’s Hunger Gam ...

We finally get the origin story of the Mockingjay pin from the OG trilogy, which Katniss receives before entering the Hunger Games and later becomes a symbol of the revolution. The pin was crafted ...

Sunrise on the Reaping” is the story of Haymich Abernathy, the 50th Hunger Games victor, and it is devastatingly beautiful.

In short: freedom is arbitrary in a world steeped in systemic injustice. It is also through Maysilee that we learn the true origins of Katniss’ mockingjay pin, the symbol that fueled the rebellion.

Katniss Everdeen's relationship with Haymitch is significantly shaped by their familial ties long before they even meet. Readers learn in "Sunrise on the Reaping" that Katniss' father, Burdock ...

At the end of Mockingjay, Katniss reveals that Haymitch has started to raise his own geese. Haymitch drinks until the liquor runs out, and then raises geese until the next train arrives.