Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins
Pages: 311
This is a wonderful book. It is another one of my favorite books, and I recommend it to everyone. It's not a extremely long book, but it packs a ton of action and emotion.
It starts of as kind of a cliche, a boy goes into a world parallel to his own, etc. etc. These kinds of books are great, but the one thing that really annoys me is when the person who goes into the other world is completely unable to do anything useful, just wants to get home no matter how much the other world/nation/people need your help, but still expect them to worship you as their savior. Even though you have done nothing. This book isn't like that.
One day, Gregor is taking the laundry to the laundry room in his apartment with his baby sister, Boots, who, being a baby, manages to find her way into the smallest possible space that she isn't supposed to be in (sort of like cats). So she gets into the grate behind the laundry machine, and Gregor goes to get her. She falls down the tube pipe thing. He follows her. They fall forever. And then they land in a big cave. And then...
These gigantic cockroaches come and look at them. Gregor is scared out of his mind, while Boots goes up to touch the "beeg bugs." This is followed by an awesome adventure to slay the rat king Gorger and save the world, which is called Underland. Oh, and when I say rat king, I mean giant rat king. And giant bats, and giant spiders, and all kinds of fun things.
The story and the adventure in this book is great, but my favorite part is probably the characters. Gregor actually cares about the fate of the Underland, and of the people who live there, and Boots adds an element of humor to the whole story. I mean really, who cant resist a two year old who is always, always happy and cheerful?
Even with Boots happiness, Suzzane Collins still manages to make the book very intense and a little bit sad, which adds a sense of reality. There are four more books in this series, and they just get better and better.
Pages: 311
This is a wonderful book. It is another one of my favorite books, and I recommend it to everyone. It's not a extremely long book, but it packs a ton of action and emotion.
It starts of as kind of a cliche, a boy goes into a world parallel to his own, etc. etc. These kinds of books are great, but the one thing that really annoys me is when the person who goes into the other world is completely unable to do anything useful, just wants to get home no matter how much the other world/nation/people need your help, but still expect them to worship you as their savior. Even though you have done nothing. This book isn't like that.
One day, Gregor is taking the laundry to the laundry room in his apartment with his baby sister, Boots, who, being a baby, manages to find her way into the smallest possible space that she isn't supposed to be in (sort of like cats). So she gets into the grate behind the laundry machine, and Gregor goes to get her. She falls down the tube pipe thing. He follows her. They fall forever. And then they land in a big cave. And then...
These gigantic cockroaches come and look at them. Gregor is scared out of his mind, while Boots goes up to touch the "beeg bugs." This is followed by an awesome adventure to slay the rat king Gorger and save the world, which is called Underland. Oh, and when I say rat king, I mean giant rat king. And giant bats, and giant spiders, and all kinds of fun things.
The story and the adventure in this book is great, but my favorite part is probably the characters. Gregor actually cares about the fate of the Underland, and of the people who live there, and Boots adds an element of humor to the whole story. I mean really, who cant resist a two year old who is always, always happy and cheerful?
Even with Boots happiness, Suzzane Collins still manages to make the book very intense and a little bit sad, which adds a sense of reality. There are four more books in this series, and they just get better and better.
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