It's the FINAL day of the Banned Book Week hop hosted by the lovely ladies at I Read Banned Books and I'm A Reader, Not A Writer. To find more blogs participating click on the names of the blogs.

It's also the FINAL day to fill this form to win a book from this week!

For my final post we're going to dive into the wonderful world that the lovely Suzanne Collins has created, The Hunger Games.




For those who don't know what the Hunger Games are, take a seat, strap your belts on, and be prepared because it's gonna be an awesome ride:

In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV.

Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives alone with her mother and younger sister, regards it as a death sentence when she steps forward to take her sister's place in the Games. But Katniss has been close to dead before—and survival, for her, is second nature. Without really meaning to, she becomes a contender. But if she is to win, she will have to start making choices that will weigh survival against humanity and life against love.

The Case against it:

Besides being number five on this years list, parents thinks the violence is too much for their kids.