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Book Summary: The Hunger Games

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I recommend the hunger games to children of twelve and up due to the violence described in the book. For a story about 24 teenagers who are killing each other, there is very little gore. Teens are stabbed, shot with arrows, mauled by wild animals, burned, and their heads and necks smashed or broken. The injuries are very realistic including burn blistering, blood poisoning and gangrene but not graphic. There is an alcoholic named Haymitch and if parents do not want to talk about this with their young children they should not allow them to read this book. However, there are many positive role models such as Katniss, the main protagonist, who is a strong and capable warrior who volunteers herself to save herself even if it means that she is killed

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