The Long Walk is awesome! The Eyes of the Dragin was a good one too and my 2 older kids have read it. My middle son who is 11, has just started The Dark Tower series
As far as The Hunger Games...I thought the movie followed the book really close, and the shaking didn't really bother me too much. I thought it was long and drawn out a bit. I really liked Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss, but the two who played Peeta and Gale...meh...they could have picked better. If my kids wanted to read the series I would let them...even the almost 10 year old.