Hunger games: the movie... the book

I am currently reading the book The Hunger Games. I don't like to think that it was due to the fact that the movie came out but i think that i was pleasantly surprised with the complexity of the plot. At first glance The Hunger Games is a gruesome novel about kids destroying each other to stay alive. Almost a Lord-of-the-flies-type scenario but almost more real. I think that it's technically post apocalyptic setting but most of the technology is the same or similar to what we have today. I think that this book, however, is about the idea of rebellion. What we as a people do when we feel powerless. It's an interesting idea. And almost a little bit ironic when it's put in context with other things. 


For example, at my sister's elementary school the kids are on strike. The book the Hunger Games is not allowed to be read on school grounds. For the reason that the teacher's feel that the book is not necessarily at a level for the maturity of the kids. Now i should also tell you that this is one of the liberal-arts-public schools that is known to let the kids do what they feel they should and mature at their own levels. But for this one book they had particularly strong feelings. I think that its interesting that it happens to be the book where the main theme is the idea of rebellion.