Why Are The Hunger Games Book Banned

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Why is the Hunger Games books banned?
The hunger games series is made by Suzanne Collins and is and action adventure and war series it is told from the perspective of Katniss Everdeen who lives in post-apocalyptic nation known as panama in north America ruling over 13 districts with tech and an iron fist after district 13 led the other districts is a failed rebellion the leader of the country president snow installed the hunger games to punish the districts 1 boy and 1 girl from each district that are between the ages of 12 and 18 to compete in a broadcasted battle to the death. People in the districts starve and are oppressed by the peacekeepers the hero of the stories Katniss must hunt to feed her family and has to use her skills in the hunger

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