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Gregor The Overlander Collection (2011)

by Suzanne Collins(Favorite Author)

4.42 of 5 Votes: 5

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English

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Fantasy

publisher

Scholastic Inc.

review 1: I loved Gregor. His adventures were not only of external battles, but of inner dilemmas as well. It is refreshing to read of a youth facing daunting circumstances who has no magic or special power to fall back on. He has real decisions to make, and doesn't make them perfectly. It's a fantasy story but the hero and how he makes it through everything is as real as you and me. I loved that! I did not grow tired of the series either. Finished every book and still wanted more. Have fun reading this to your child(ren), to yourself, or to any willing and listen ears you find be them in a nursing home, a child center or even your dog. My Puggle loved the adventures too. ;)
review 2: I was hesitant, at first, because this book had Arthur and the Invisibles written all o... morever it, from the underground city, the teen princess, the lost father, the talking bugs taking revenge. But eventually it grew into its own story, and I felt as if I were there experiencing this young, naive boy, protecting his 2 year-old baby sister from the evils of the Underland, while learning to trust in others, and simultaneously trying to rescue his dad from the Gnawers (rats). Gregor is the reluctant warrior in Sandwiches' prophecy, the hero of Regalia, making friends and enemies wherever he goes. He sort of switches roles with his father. His dad is the weak "child" needing protection, and Gregor is more of the responsible parent, of Boots and their father. He then has to face the reality of returning home to lead a "normal" life again, forever changed by his experiences, and forever scarred.After reading the 1st book in the series, I had to read the rest. The 2nd book tricks a still reeling Gregor back to Regalia months after he left with his ailing, rescued father. His dad is still very sick and his mom is back home working 2 jobs to support the family, including the alzheimer-ridden grandmother and 11 year-old Gregor's 2 younger sisters, 2 year-old Boots, and 9 year-old Lizzie. Boots is kidnapped by her cockroach friends, in order to get Gregor to return to the Underland to fulfill another prophecy as warrior, to track down and kill the Bane, a rare white rat, set out to destroy Regalia and the Humans, and to rule the Gnawers and all of Underland. Gregor agrees to help his friends yet again, as long as he keeps Boots with him. In the journey, Princess Luxa is hesitant to trust anyone after being betrayed by her cousin Henry, who threw her to the rats in the previous book. They make more allies, some thought of as temporary and expendable, to all but Gregor. After many battles and fearing his sister and Luxa dead, he and his bond (bat Ares) discover the Bane, who is but a rat pup, who reminds Gregor of his baby sister, and he cannot bring himself to kill it, so he turns it over to his Gnawer friend Ripred to raise. The council at Regalia brings Gregor up on charges of treason for not murdering the Bane, but he and his friends are saved by Regalia's newly appointed Queen Nerissa, Henry's sister and Luxa's cousin, who is a prophet in her own right. Alas, Boots is not dead afterall, and has been rescued by her trusty cockroach babysitter, Temp, after a fierce battle with rats in the tunnels. The wherabouts or condition of Luxa is unknown, and she is feared dead. The 3rd book starts as Ripred forces Gregor to return to the Underland, after his family is threatened. His mom insists on going this time, since his dad is still too sick, and Boots' presence is requested as well. They are told they are needed for a discussion about the plague that is spreading, in which Gregor's bond, Ares, as well as his friend, Howard, have contracted the plague, known as the Curse of the Warmbloods. Just as Gregor's mom had had enough of the Underland, she is bitten by a mite containing the plague, and contracts it herself. So she is forced to stay in Regalia, conveniently clearing up Gregor to help hunt down the cure. He teams up with old friends and new, and lands in a deadly jungle where they must watch their every step. After days without food and another loss, they meet Luxa's Uncle Hamnet, who has been living there with his half-lander son since he left Regalia. He agrees to help them find the cure, and in so doing, they find Luxa alive, living with the mice in the jungle. When they think they have found the plant which will bring them the cure, they are attacked by Cutters (ants), who completely destroy the plant they so desperately needed, and killing Hamnet in the process. Throughout all of this, Gregor discovers that he is a rager, who becomes an unstoppable force when battling, losing all control of his senses, allowing his new "power" to take over. A defeated group returns to Reglia, to find that Dr. Neveeve has discovered the cure for the plague, however it is really a subterfuge. Luxa's very own Aunt Solovet, the leader of the Regalia militia, instructed the doctor to create the plague, to kill the Gnawers, but it has also killed many humans and bats. The doctor is executed, Solovet is imprisoned, and Luxa takes her rightful place as Queen, even though she is still too young to officially rule. Gregor's mom is still too ill to return home, so he and Boots leave with out her. less

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