A NewHunger GamesBook Heads Back to Panem: Read an Exclusive Early Excerpt FromSunrise on the Reaping(Exclusive)

Todd Plitt Suzanne Collins’Sunrise on the Reaping(out March 18 from Scholastic), set 24 years before the explosive first novel, heads to Panem for the 50th annual games — where Katniss’ future mentor Haymitch Abernathy must compete. Living in District 12, Haymitch is trying not to ruminate on his chances. He just wants to get through the day and spend as much time as he can with his girl. But when his name is called, his dreams are shattered as he’s ripped from his home and his love, transported to the Capitol with the three other District 12 tributes.

A Nora Ephron Film Come to Life: Authors Fiona Davis and Greg Wands' Bookstore Meet-Cute (Exclusive)

Greg Wands (left) and Fiona Davis.Photo:Courtesy of Fiona Davis Courtesy of Fiona Davis Davis is the author of historical fiction favorites likeThe Lions of Fifth Avenue,The Spectacularand the forthcomingThe Stolen Queen(Jan. 7) and Wands, the thriller writer behindThe Woman Insideunder the name E.G. Scott as half of a writing duo with Elizabeth McCullough Keenan, both of whom are also behind the forthcomingTrust Issues(Jan. 28). The pair met in their natural habitat: a bookstore.

A Paris Olympian Is Selling Off Their Bronze Medal in an Auction — and Bids Are Up to $22,000

Cameron Spencer/Getty A bronze medal from the2024 Paris Olympicsis up for sale. The hardware was put up onRR Auction’s websitein the first week of the new year as part of the auction house’s Olympic memorabilia. As of Monday, Jan. 6, there are 16 bids on the bronze with the most recent one at $22,987. The auction will end on Jan. 16. Luke Hales/Getty The bottom of the medal features an inscription with the name of the women’s wrestling event in French, and includes the original dark blue silk ribbon attached to the hardware.

A Philanthropist Is Missing and Her Car Was Burned — as Niece's Ex Is Accused by Cops of 'Prowling' Near Home

Jesse D Kirk.Photo:Titusville Police Department Titusville Police Department Jesse Kirk, 72, went missing on the morning of Tuesday, March 4, from Titusville, Fla., in what authorities say is a “highly suspicious” case,FOX 35,Spectrum News 13andWESHreported. Her friend reported her missing around 9 a.m. that morning when she did not show up for their routine walk, the outlets reported. David Armstrong Barber, 35, a former deputy with Brevard County, was also charged on Wednesday with grand theft of a motor vehicle, per the court records.

A Piece of George Harrison's Uneaten Toast, Which Has Sat in a Scrapbook Since the Early 1960s, Sells to Beatles Fan

George Harrison’s toast.Photo:Joseph Robert O’Donnell Joseph Robert O’Donnell There’s something in the way he chews! Joseph O’Donnell, whosewebsitecalls him a “passionate collector of Beatles and music memorabilia,” reportedly paid an undisclosed sum for the bread, which has been kept for the last few decades in a scrapbook and was previously auctioned off in 1991. “It’s a brilliant story that is both bizarre, historical and a story I’ll continue telling friends, memorabilia collectors and fellow Beatles fans,” O’Donnell told theDaily Express.