Gregor the Overlander
When eleven-year-old Gregor falls through a grate in the laundry room of his apartment building, he hurtles into the dark Underland, where spiders, rats, cockroaches coexist uneasily with humans. This world is on the brink of war, and Gregor's arrival is no accident. A prophecy foretells that Gregor has a role to play in the Underland's uncertain future. Gregor wants no part of it - until he realizes it's the only way to solve the mystery of his father's disappearance. Reluctantly, Gregor embarks on a dangerous adventure that will change both him and the Underland forever.
About the Underland Chronicles Series
Books in series order
- 1.Gregor the Overlander(2003)
- 2.Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane(2004)
- 3.Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods(2005)
- 4.Gregor and the Marks of Secret(2006)
- 5.Gregor and the Code of Claw(2007)
Reading age: 8+ years
This series should be read in order.
A quiet boy falls out of his laundry room into a fantastical subterranean world called the Underland. Accompanied by his toddler sister, Boots, Gregor embarks on a series of dangerous quests in order to fulfill his destiny, in a strange world beneath New York City, a world inhabited by giant talking creatures - cockroaches, bats, spiders and rats - and an unusual society of humans. And perhaps the strangest thing Gregor finds, is that they're all expecting him...