There are no "sex scenes" at all as far as I have read. Sexual content is the thing that would give me pause here, but not in the way you might think. Ultimately, though, you will hear worse language and far worse crude humor in your average PG-rated movie these days. Crude humor is either extremely rare, or nonexistent, depending on how you define it-the worst I've seen so far is one of the characters subtly (and jokingly) suggesting that his friend had been fleeing an approaching army because he had been caught with the king's daughter. There are a few instances of "damn", and a few more of the phrase "bloody hell", but they are very infrequent. Language is not an issue in this book, at least not for the average 11 year old. So, if you would allow your 11 year old to read the Hunger Games trilogy, then Mistborn (at least the first book, which is all I've read so far) should not prove to be an issue, as far as violence goes. While it can be somewhat graphic, it really does not get any worse than the level of violence in some popular YA literature (the Hunger Games comes to mind as a good example of this). I would say an 11 year old who was reasonably mature for his age should have no problem with the violence. I just read the first book, so while it is fresh in my memory I'll chime in here.
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