Unlike Gregor who cannot wait to leave, readers will likely find it to be a fantastically engaging place. In her world, a child singing "Patty-Cake" can change the course of history and a stoic rat can mourn the fact that although he is able to read, he cannot write because he has no thumb. It was voted for the Kansas William Allen White Childrens Book Award. This 308 page book was published in September 1, 2003. 71754 EN When eleven-year-old Gregor and his two-year-old sister are pulled into a strange underground. The book, Gregor the Overlander, was written by Suzanne Collins, the author the ever-popular series The Hunger Games. Collins does a grand job of world-building, with a fine economy of words-no unnecessary details bog down either the setting or the invigorating story. Gregor the Overlander Collins, Suzanne AR Quiz No. His love for his lost father factors heavily into his personality in a stunning turn of events, he discovers the reason for the disappearance of his father-who also plays a role in the prophecy. The relationship between Gregor and two-year-old Boots embodies much of the book's charm, and Gregor himself grows up before readers' eyes.
Before long, Vikus, the noble patriarch of the Underlanders, reveals to Gregor an ancient prophecy-and why he believes that the boy is the foretold "overland warrior," come to liberate them from the giant rats. While passionately trying to find a way back home, 11-year-old Gregor learns about the Underlanders, their history and their unusual customs. In a charming tip of the literary hat, debut novelist Collins introduces her young heroes Gregor and his little sister Boots into a wonderland through a trip down a long hole-in this case, an opening in a wall of their apartment building's laundry room.
In a cavernous world beneath New York City, humans who long ago emigrated from the "Overland" live side-by-side with super-intelligent bats and loyal giant cockroaches.
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