Hunger Games - the books, not the movies!

Oliver DeMille has some interesting comments about the Hunger Games trilogy. Read them Here.

Movies to consider for older teens

A Walk to Remember (and book by Nicholas Sparks).

There's some (Christian) concern regarding some worldly/immoral behavior portrayed at the beginning of the movie and instances of profanity throughout. However, this movie overwhelmingly gets positive reviews from Christians for its positive portrayal of a teen-age Christian and her coming-to-faith boyfriend.

Websites for Movie Reviews

http://christiananswers.net/spotlight/home.html

http://www.pluggedin.com

http://www.movieguide.org

Olive's Ocean

http://www.commonsensemedia.org/book-reviews/olives-ocean

Too grown-up. Maybe later?

Websites for book reviews

http://wcslibrary.edublogs.org

http://www.thrivingfamily.com/Family/Media/2012/top-three-book-reviews.aspx

http://www.commonsensemedia.org/book-reviews

I just found this one -- it looks really thorough, but I don't know what perspective they're writing from.
http://www.factsonfiction.org

Shadow Children (series) by Haddix

Trying to come up with some book reviews

Dystopian fiction

Looks good

Even in 1st book, some sexual innuendo

I haven't read it. Perhaps good for Bookworm around age 15-17??