re: #152 lawhawk

I’m scratching my head about the so-called religious viewpoint. There isn’t any religion mentioned.

It’s a politically motivated book. Dystopian future. Kids are turned into gladiators for sport and to keep the populace under the heel of the central power. In some respects, it should be required reading for literature or a politics class.

Hunger Games may be unsuitable for kids of a certain age, but it shouldn’t be banned by any stretch.

Do you even think it’s unsuitable for kids of a younger age though?

I was the kind of kid who read everything I could get my hands on, and my parents had loads of books, let me read whatever I wanted, and took me to the library and the bookstore weekly. My otherwise very conservative parents were very liberal about this:books and knowledge. I read Animal Farm and 1984 when I was about ten—definitely ‘too young’ in one sense (I couldn’t understand every reference or context), but these are books you return to again when you’re a little older.

I understand that, since I’m not a parent, there is a certain realm of experience that I lack, but my philosophy is to let kids read anything and everything they want. I think it’s a good thing.