![]() ![]() The action, while violent and bloody, is not gory. The peculiar and intriguing world of Underland, the fantastical and dangerous creatures, the mysterious “Prophecy of Gray,” and the hunt for a boy’s lost father are sure to hook the reader for the entirety of the story. Those who read Gregor the Overlander will enjoy its unrelentingly quick pace and action. On his quest to recover his father, Gregor learns many important lessons about courage, friendship, and perseverance. ![]() Gregor, however, just wants to find his father, who’s been missing for over two years and may be lost somewhere in Underland. The rats are the sworn enemies of the people of Regalia and when Gregor arrives, word begins to spread that he may be the warrior spoken of in an ancient Underland prophecy a warrior who will save Regalia from the rats. Giant, talking animals inhabit this strange place: enormous bats, upon whom the Underlanders ride and fly, cockroaches, spiders, and worst of all, rats. ![]() However, Underlanders are not the only ones who live in the dark. Underland is populated by the friendly but fierce Underlanders, who live in the underground city of Regalia. When eleven-year-old Gregor and his two-year-old sister, Boots, fall down an air duct in their laundry room, they find themselves in Underland: an underground world that has remained hidden from the surface dwellers for centuries. ![]()
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