With the final installments of the Hunger Games (MockingJay by Suzanne Collins) and Chaos Walking (Monsters of Men by Patrick Ness) series coming out at about the same time, I'm wondering how to guage young adult interest in issues 
surrounding the future of our world (their world) specifically issues around war, what war does to people, and the price of peace. Will books like these get students involved in politics or discourage them from seeing government and democracy as an anwer to the world's problems? Both series present flawed leaders and jaded heroes--heroes who are thought to be the possible next leader but have seen too much of "leadership" to want to be part of leading their world.
surrounding the future of our world (their world) specifically issues around war, what war does to people, and the price of peace. Will books like these get students involved in politics or discourage them from seeing government and democracy as an anwer to the world's problems? Both series present flawed leaders and jaded heroes--heroes who are thought to be the possible next leader but have seen too much of "leadership" to want to be part of leading their world.