Just a note to say this thread is very interesting and I've been "out of it" for the Hunger Games thing, but now I'll be on alert and will discuss with DH. I guess we're a bit behind since we're still stuck on insisting DD not read above Harry Potter #4, which she is stubbornly reading now because everyone else is or has read it, but which she doesn't really seem to even like that much. She loved the Gregor series by Suzanne Collins. I "made" her read Treasure Island in between HP books #3 and #4 which she did with alot of grumbling, but I kept finding her hiding under the covers with it and she did chat cheerfully about it alot in the end.
Yes, JonLaw unfortunately homophobic language on the playground in elementary school does exist. And in the (boys' at least) locker room I understand from other parents (I don't have a boy) and from announcements that were made on a parents' night by the PE teachers. It starts very young and is very concerning.
