The other main character is Boots, Gregor baby sister, and my favorite character. Without her presence, their journey would have been much different. While struggling to get along with Gregor, she helps and battles on the quest in any way she can. The Princess of the humans, and a deft, fierce warrior, Luxa, is also a highlighted character. Gregor is not the only main character in the story. And, those willing to indulge in this book will find the Underland an exciting and mystical place to be.

It’s about how the most unlikely of people can be the biggest heroes. While struggling to get along with each other. It’s about trying to complete a brutal quest while at the same time taking care of a baby. It’s about adventure, friendship, and trust. But, the story is about so much more than that.

One way to describe the conflict is Person versus Person, or, in this case, People versus People, with one group of people being the questers and the humans and the other group being the Rat forces. Between Gregor’s futile attempt to return home, the Rats battling the humans, and everything else along the way, the conflict will keep readers hooked from the beginning. The conflict in this story is intense and tangled, a spiderweb of plot. Along the way, he may run into familiar faces and discover new things he never knew about himself. Accompanied by two giant roaches, two giant bats, two giant spiders, and the Princess of Underland, he sets out on a quest to fulfill the prophecy and restore peace to the Underland. All that concerned Gregor was getting home, until the Rat Army, led by King Gorger, declared war on the humans, and an ancient prophecy foretold of a role for Gregor to help restore peace to Underland. It is here where a human population lives in a delicate peace with giant roaches, bats, rats, and spiders. Gregor follows his 2-year-old sister, Boots, through a grate in the laundry room of their apartment building, and they fall into the “Underland” below. He lives in a small New York City apartment with his Mom, 7 year old sister, baby sister, and their grandma since the mysterious disappearance of his father two years prior. He is what you would call an ‘ordinary kid’, but like to most things, there is more than meets the eye. This adventurous, exciting novel is about an eleven-year-old boy name Gregor. And, like “The Hunger Games”, the New York Times and USA Weekly bestselling “Gregor the Overlander” does not disappoint readers who are ready to fasten their seatbelts. While Suzanne Collins is best known for her best selling “The Hunger Games” trilogy, her book “Gregor the Overlander” was written before that trilogy, and explores the fantasy side of Collins’ writing.

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