I found it odd myself, but that was a call by the Children's Dept. I would not let my 9 year old read it. I did let my son read it when he was 11 though. No one younger than 10 or It is a very disturbing concept. Thank you for your comments! One of my 4th grade students gave me the series as an end-of-the-year gift, and while I whipped through all three books in nothing flat, I was constantly aware of the extreme violence. I would even be hesitant to recommend these books to 5th graders, but maybe middle schoolers could handle them.
I also thought it was very interesting that while there was no bad language and the sexual innuendo was mild, the gory details of torture and gruesome death were unabated. I think I'd rather there be a few more four letter words and a little less "shredded skin". Terrie wrote: "Do you think these books are appropriate for children? I would say if child is still of the age of nightmares from scary movies probably not a good book choice for their age. Jul 13, AM.
I read it aloud to my sister when she was nine. My brother 12 is reading Catching Fire now. Certainly the child's maturity level comes into play, but I don't see why nine-year-olds wouldn't understand the novel. I think it all depends on how mature the Person is and the percieve things. Yes, because i read it last year i was 11 that year and i didn't feel that its disturbing, since it was so amazing. Maybe a mature kids like me would just thought about how hard it must be for Katniss to survive.
But the unmature kids would think like "Peeta!! I think 8th grade is a good time to start reading this series, 7th is pushing it. There were some scenes for me, as an adult, that were too much. But honestly I think it should be up to the parents to decide what their children read. Parents, and adults need to inform themselves before they start banning anything. Not informing themselves by listening to critics for or against the book , but actually read the books before they make decisions.
Parents have the right to protect their children, only their children. Catherine Ashlyn Ketchum wrote: "That depends. I'm interpreting the words on the page not Speilberg, Hardwicke, or Yates, and I have a pretty vivid imagination. Because I created it, the thoughts and images stay with me, the good, the bad, the beautiful, and the ugly. I think it depends on the kid, my little sister is currently reading The Hunger Games and I read it last summer I am a soon-to-be 8th grader now We both liked the books but one of my Language Arts teachers couldn't finish it because she couldn't stand a few of the bloodier descriptions.
So it really should depend on the 9yr old!! My sister is 11, and I wouldn't want her to read these books, even though I love them!!!
I think it depends on the person, you definitely have to be mature to read this series. My little sister is 12 and going into the seventh grade and she just started reading the series. I think this is a good age to read them at because she's getting to the point where she understands the violence and she's mature enough to handle it.
I'd have to say 12 and up. I read the books first and determined that my then 13 year-old son would love them as much as I did and that he was mature enough to handle the violence. I have a twelve year old as well but don't know if he would be able to handle the violence as well as his old sibling. The books are great but I think it depends on the child. Personally I think under 10 is definitely too young. Jul 13, PM.
From middle school and up. Jul 14, AM. S i read Flowers for Algernon when i was 7. I think i started to read that because i liked to read. Katniss volunteers to take her sister's place in an annual battle in which 24 teens fight to the death on live television. The book is rated by Scholastic as grade 5. Parents' concerns about The Hunger Games center around violence. Secondly, can my 10 year old watch Hunger Games?
Hunger Games has a PG rating, despite the clearly violent nature of the story. We're not just talking about teenagers seeing the movie. Reading comprehension level is middle school. Actually, the book is exciting; you want to turn the next page--the problem is the content. Basically, it's a book about teen gladiators. Divergent is a great book for teens and adults but some parts of the book are a bit iffy for anyone under I read this book with my mother but finished it before her and was a little bit disturbed with all the romance going on between Tris and Four.
There are only some other parts of. This version restored much of the previous material cut or changed for the theatrical 12A version, and was therefore rated 15 , with new BBFCinsight warning parents of 'strong violence and threat'. If you see from the perspective of a father or mother, the Game of Thrones is absolutely not for children.
Do not let your children between the ages of 10 to 18 to watch Game of Thrones. Explain to them why you do not want them to watch this show, and they can watch it when they would reach a specific age. The Maze Runner. Rating: PG, for thematic elements and intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action, including some disturbing images. This is yet another sci-fi thriller based on yet another young adult novel set in a rigidly structured, dystopian future.
Sometimes, finding an age - appropriate book is as easy as matching your child's age to the reading level printed on the back of a book. If your child is 10, for example, then you can look for books in the 9—12 age bracket. Generally, yes. It doesn't matter that kids her age are reading them, Elsa said, it's a bad idea for Natasha. It was out of curiosity that I picked up the first book of "The Hunger Games" -- and I couldn't put it down.
I devoured the whole series. It's an exciting story. The characters are interesting. The fact that the killing is televised and glamorized and that there are "sponsors" rings uncomfortably true in our "Survivor" society. The idea of kids fighting bravely and resourcefully against the Bad Big Brother government is appealing. I was sucked in -- and that's what I was hoping would happen to Natasha. By her age, all three of Natasha's older siblings were routinely sucked in by books.
They had fully discovered how wonderful it is to be lost for hours in a book even if, as was the case with my older son, it was in repeated readings of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy. Natasha rarely gets lost in a book, and this worries me because I worry that we are losing this as a society, that our attention span is getting shorter and shorter, that we are becoming all about sound bites and videos, and we are missing out on all the great gifts we get from reading books.
But in my zeal to get Natasha reading, I lost sight of some more important things: what Natasha wanted, and what she could deal with. Elsa was right: not only was it unlikely to interest her, a book about kids killing each other wasn't a good choice for sensitive Natasha this is one of the many benefits of having five kids -- they keep me in line. As for the movie, Natasha would never be able to handle it. That I didn't need Elsa to tell me. I agree with my colleague Mediatrician Michael Rich that there is a real difference between book gore and movie gore.
When you are reading a book you can skim read the violent passages or skip them entirely.
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