By Suzanne Collins
Giant rats, cochroaches, and Bats…oh my! Gregor, an 11 year old kid from New York is sucked down a vent in their apartment building’s laundry room after he tries to grab his little sister Boots from falling herself. Much like Alice in Wonderland who fell down the rabbit hole, Gregor and 2-year-old boots find themselves in a land far from wonderful. In fact, it’s on the brink of war. They meet Queen Luxa, a pale, violet-eyed 12 year old with lots of courage and an arrogant streak. All Gregor wants to do is go home, but when he tries to escape and is attacked by giant Rats, things change. Suddenly the people are all deeming him the ‘warrior’- a person named so in a prophecy written by the founder of the underland. And what’s more…Gregor knows his long-lost father is somewhere down here too, and he can’t just leave without him.
Bwah! I love it when I find a series that is wicked awesome. Gregor the Overlander is completely thrilling. When Gregor falls to the Underland, a place founded hundreds of years ago when America was first colonized, he finds a people at war with the Rats. Rats that are 12 feet tall and bloodthirsty. These people fly around on giant bats, and his sister becomes the princess of the giant cockroaches that nobody likes! Suzanne Collins, author of the fantastic Hunger Games trilogy, writes the adventures of Gregor and Boots in a realistic and never-endingly entertaining way. Awesome first book in this 5-part series.
Giant rats, cochroaches, and Bats…oh my! Gregor, an 11 year old kid from New York is sucked down a vent in their apartment building’s laundry room after he tries to grab his little sister Boots from falling herself. Much like Alice in Wonderland who fell down the rabbit hole, Gregor and 2-year-old boots find themselves in a land far from wonderful. In fact, it’s on the brink of war. They meet Queen Luxa, a pale, violet-eyed 12 year old with lots of courage and an arrogant streak. All Gregor wants to do is go home, but when he tries to escape and is attacked by giant Rats, things change. Suddenly the people are all deeming him the ‘warrior’- a person named so in a prophecy written by the founder of the underland. And what’s more…Gregor knows his long-lost father is somewhere down here too, and he can’t just leave without him.
Bwah! I love it when I find a series that is wicked awesome. Gregor the Overlander is completely thrilling. When Gregor falls to the Underland, a place founded hundreds of years ago when America was first colonized, he finds a people at war with the Rats. Rats that are 12 feet tall and bloodthirsty. These people fly around on giant bats, and his sister becomes the princess of the giant cockroaches that nobody likes! Suzanne Collins, author of the fantastic Hunger Games trilogy, writes the adventures of Gregor and Boots in a realistic and never-endingly entertaining way. Awesome first book in this 5-part series.
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