Why were the Hunger Games books banned?
The Hunger Games is a well loved dystopian YA novel, following the story of Katniss Everdeen. The Hunger Games has been “banned due to insensitivity, offensive language, anti-family, anti-ethic, and occult”, and in 2014 “inserted religious views” was added to that list.
Who banned the book The Hunger Games?
The entire Hunger Games Trilogy (The Hunger Games, Catching Fire & Mockingjay), were number three on the American Library Associations banned books list in 2011 having been challenged for insensitivity, offensive language, violence and for being anti-family, anti-ethnic and occult/satanic.
Why was the giver banned?
Why ‘The Giver’ Is One Of The Most Banned Books In America In the 2000s it was 23rd, just two spots below “To Kill a Mockingbird.” The most frequently cited reasons to challenge “The Giver” have been “violence” and claims that the book is “unsuited to [the] age group”— or in other words that it’s too dark for children.
Where did Suzanne Collins get the idea for The Hunger Games?
Collins has said that the inspiration for The Hunger Games came from channel surfing on television. On one channel she observed people competing on a reality show and on another she saw footage of the invasion of Iraq. The two “began to blur in this very unsettling way” and the idea for the book was formed.
Why is the giver a bad book?
It tries to force emotions out of its viewers, tries so hard that it becomes laughable. As a book-to-movie adaptation, The Giver is terrible. Even just as a movie, well, it’s still pretty bad. To be fair, The Giver is a tough book to adapt because it’s a largely introspective novel.
Where does Suzanne Collins currently live?
Sandy Hook, Connecticut
Currently residing in Sandy Hook, Connecticut with her husband and their two children, Suzanne Collins is Amazon.com’s best-selling author of all time.