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Gregor the Overlander Paperback – June 25, 2013
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- Print length336 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Grade level4 - 7
- Lexile measure690L
- Dimensions5.5 x 1 x 7.75 inches
- PublisherScholastic Paperbacks
- Publication dateJune 25, 2013
- ISBN-109780439678131
- ISBN-13978-0439678131
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- ASIN : 0439678137
- Publisher : Scholastic Paperbacks; Advance Reader's Edition (June 25, 2013)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 336 pages
- ISBN-10 : 9780439678131
- ISBN-13 : 978-0439678131
- Reading age : 8 - 11 years, from customers
- Lexile measure : 690L
- Grade level : 4 - 7
- Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
- Dimensions : 5.5 x 1 x 7.75 inches
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Suzanne Collins has had a successful and prolific career writing for children's television. She has worked on the staffs of several Nickelodeon shows, including the Emmy-nominated hit Clarissa Explains It All and The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo. Collins made her mark in children's literature with the New York Times bestselling five-book series for middle-grade readers The Underland Chronicles, which has received numerous accolades in both the United States and abroad. In the award-winning The Hunger Games trilogy, Collins continues to explore the effects of war and violence on those coming of age. Collins lives with her family in Connecticut.
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In this, her first novel, Suzanne Collins has created a wonderful alternative world that exists side by side with our own. Well, okay, it exists underneath our own, far underneath. Collins is a master at describing that world, enabling me to perfectly envision each new landscape as our heroes move from one area of their diverse world to another. The vast sea, the poisonous jungle, the searing heat of the volcanic wastelands - everything still remains vivid in my mind. And Collins accomplishes this without taking pages and pages to do so.
There's a simplicity to the books - not only does Collins never over-described the world, she allows readers to use their imaginations regarding the characters as well. In fact, I'm not quite sure if she ever gives a physical description of eleven year old Gregor at all. But just as as I could imagine the vistas, I could picture the wonderful characters - Boots, Ripred, Luxa, Ares and Temp among so many others - as well and very clearly.
There's love and caring in the Gregor series, family, friends, humor and sorrow, duty, prophecies, adventure and, of course, a world to save. The Underland Chronicles deals with war and does a very good job of forcing readers to look at both sides of the disputes underlying the conflict. (Parents should be cautioned that in the course of the 5 book series, more than one beloved character dies.)
The series should be read in order:
Gregor the Overlander
Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane
Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods
Gregor and the Marks of Secret
Gregor and the Code of Claw
My only complaint about the Underland Chronicles is that I found the ending of the series vaguely unsatisfactory. While I appreciate that, with what Collins has given me and how she left things, I can create my own future for the characters, I know I'd still love to read more stories set in this world, perhaps 15 years or so down the road. If Collins does not want to revisit these specific characters, I'd still enjoy another trip to this world, with a catch up to the fate of the characters we met in these volumes revealed somehow as part of the Underland's history. I can only hope. :-)
Suzanne Collins is also the author of The Hunger Games, a young adult novel. Both editorial and reader reviews have been overwhelmingly positive and it's currently sitting in my to-be-read pile. Catching Fire, a sequel to The Hunger Games is due to be released on September 1, 2009. I hope readers who have enjoyed The Hunger Games will not dismiss The Underland Chronicles - thinking it for children - and will be willing to give Collins' earlier series a try.
Highly recommended.
Gregor, trying to find his two-year old sister Boots who suddenly disappeared while in the laundry room in their apartment, follows her through a grate in the wall of the laundry room, and they fall into a strange, dark world beneath the city - Underland. There he discovers a strange world with talking giant rats, spiders, cock roaches, bats and more, all who have a tenuous coexistence with the humans of the Underland. The peace is fragile, and soon he discovers that he may be a part of a strange prophecy about Underland's future existence. Young Gregor is not your typical hero; after all, he is only eleven years old. He wants no part of a conflict; he just wants to take Boots and find his way home. Gregor has no way of knowing that the quest he will undertake with others will save Underland, but it will also change him forever.
Although plot elements like the "quest" and the resolution of the prophecy were predictable, the story line kept you moving forward. The plot is solid and unique, and if you are not careful, you could read it in one sitting. As mentioned before, Collins' ability to create memorable characters is an amazing strength of hers as a writer; still, although it is written for younger readers, characters do die in the story - characters about whom the reader likes as well. "Gregor the Overlander" is a wonderful series; I highly recommend it for all ages. Although it is dark and violent in places, it is a series that one can share with children or grandchildren. We gave our granddaughter the entire set for her birthday.
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I'll buy the rest of the books.
I adore The Hunger Games but I think I would say that Gregor the Overlander is even better. Simply fantastic.
Das Werk handelt von Gregor und seiner süßen 2jährigen Schwester Boots (Margaret), die eines Tages unvorbereitet in die Unterwelt gelangen (aber ganz tief unter der Erde von New York). Wie die Autorin die kleine Boots in die Geschichte eingebaut hat, das ist einfach zauberhaft und ein geschickter Schachzug gewesen. Dazu noch die sehr bildhafte Beschreibung der Unterwelt (vor allem der Hauptstadt der Unterwelt-Menschen) - man kann da als Leser gar nicht anders, als mit den Protagonisten mitzufiebern.
Die beiden Geschwister versuchen dann so schnell wie möglich aus der Unterwelt wieder zurück nach Hause zu kommen, was sich als nicht so einfach herausstellt. Man wird noch vielen Kreaturen begegnen, wie Riesen-Kakerlaken, Riesen-Fledermäusen, natürlich aus Spinnen und Ratten ... auch alles viel größer als auf der Oberwelt. Ich möchte nicht zu viel verraten, aber Collins hat viele Charaktere mit in die Geschichte aufgenommen, die einfach super zur Handlung passen. Ich bin schon gespannt, ob in den folgenden Teilen die "hilfreiche Ratte" wieder auftaucht, denn die hat mir persönlich als Nebencharakter sehr gut gefallen.
Von mir kann es leider nicht mehr 5 Sterne geben. Ich freue mich schon sehr auf die folgenden 4 Teile und werde natürlich auch darüber rezensieren. Wer die Hunger Games kennt, wird sicher auch die Underland Chronicles mögen. Es geht auch hier um Kampf, Hinterlist, Liebe, Vertrauen, Hoffnung und Mut.
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