Hunger Games Banned Book

School board 2010 by a parent claiming that it gave her eleven year old nightmares and could numb other students to the effects of violence source quote taken from ala banned books resource page.

Hunger games banned book. Suzanne collins the hunger games is a dystopian novel written from the perspective of a 16 year old girl named katniss everdeen. Hate it with a passion. Challenged and presented to the goffstown n h.

It is the hunger games which was widely accepted through the intended audience so much so it had movies made after it but unfortunately those movies seem to have made it in a spotlight to be questioned by some parents. The reason for this stated. In 2010 alone there were 348 cases involving the banning of the trilogy.

One of the many reasons stated for the book being banned is that the story is too real. Many dystopian books have been banned throughout the years including the giver brave new world and fahrenheit 451. This book was published september 14 2008.

It has been very critically acclaimed and has been likened by reviewers in many ways to other dystopian classics animal farm and 1984 both fellow banned books. The hunger games trilogy has been banned in many areas of the us. In this futuristic setting north america as we know it today has been destroyed.

They were banned due to insensitivity offensive language violence anti family anti ethic and occult satanic in 2014 the novel was also banned for reasons of inserted religious perspective. She and the other tribute peeta mellark are taken to the capitol where they struggle to survive in the new environment and the cruel game the hunger games has been challenged for insensitivity offensive language violence and for being anti family anti ethnic and occult satanic the first book made 5 on the ala s most frequently challenged books and the entire series later made 3 on the list in 2011. The novel has been criticized for its similarities to the 1999 novel battle royale.

So in celebration of banned books week and the impeccable company the hunger games keeps on and off screen let s look at the oft challenged books of the past decade that have lit up the. My over all rating. The book i am presenting is one of these books.