Gregor, the Overlander (Mom)

So I have been devouring books lately.  I just read the Gregor the Overlander series by Suzanne Collins, the same author who wrote the Hunger Games series.  There are five books in the series. It was written for the younger reader, but some of the thoughts and actions are not that of  Gregor, an eleven year old boy.  I certainly pictured him older as a 17 or 18 year old.  Maybe I don't think that an eleven year old would be able to cope with such an adventure with giant rats, bats and spiders, be able to wield sword and daggers and fight like a grown person.  There was a lot of fighting and violence in this book, but nothing extremely graphic.  I liked the series, I liked the characters, I just thought the main character, Gregor, should be older is all.  The moral of the the story is that parents should listen to their children, no matter what they say.  You never know what you may encounter!