[Jengerbread88]

I have a super huge question for you guys.

I've seen so much interest in the Hunger Games, and a lot of teens and pre-teens reading it, but I was wondering...

Is the book series something that would be appropriate for an 11 year old? Particularly one that hasn't seen anything over PG movies, has never played anything over an E videogame (except for a few Tony Hawk games) and generally just isn't exposed to much violence yet? Or do you think it would be too much for him?

We're looking at books that we can read aloud (Jeffrey does free reading as part of his homeschooling requirements, but we also take time each day to read from a book aloud together) so we would probably be reading it/discussing it as a family- it wouldn't be "here, Jeffrey- go read this on your own" or anything.

I'm just wondering if it would be appropriate. It sounds kind of violent, but I've also seen reviews that say it's TOTALLY appropriate for his age group, so I'm totally confused!