The Underland Chronicles #1: Gregor the Overlander (Icon Edition)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780545514897 (0545514894)
Publish date: November 1st 2012
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Pages no: 336
Edition language: English
Series: Underland Chronicles (#1)
Usually I am not a huge fan of the "child falls into another world" sub-genre of fantasy, but this one was better than most.It took quite a while to get going -- about 25 percent of the book is spent just on worldbuilding and introducing characters and the concept of "The Underland." I got a little ...
Quite elementary, but a fun enough story. Probably targeted for 4th to 8th graders. I'll do a full review when I finish the series.********There must be a lot of Suzanne Collins fans out there reviewing with their hearts, because there's no way the books I just read deserve the glowing reviews the...
Si aggiudica quasi 4 stelle questo "nuovo" romanzo di Suzanne Collins. Gregor era già stato pubblicato in Italia nel 2004 grazie alla Sperling&Kupfer con il titolo Gregor e il regno di Semprebuio, peccato che sia completamente passato inosservato fino a gennaio 2013, quando la Mondadori ha avuto l'i...
This story is like a cross between Alice in Wonderland and Lord of the Rings. When Gregor and his Sister, Boots, fall into the Underland, it will take all their courage and strength to find their way home. With colourful character's including rats and cockroaches, as well as the Underlander's who fl...
Gregor is eleven years old. He lives with his mom, grandmother, and two little sisters, Lizzie, seven, and Boots, who's just two. His dad--a fun, gentle, sax-playing, intellectually inquisitive man--vanished while his mom was pregnant with Boots. It's the beginning of a hot, sticky New York summer, ...