Gregor and the Marks of Secret
It's only a few months since Gregor and Boots returned from the Underland, leaving their mother behind to heal from the plague. Though Gregor's family receives frequent updates on her condition, they all know Gregor must return to fulfill his role as the warrior who is key to the Underlanders' survival. Accompanied by his now-talkative little sister, Boots, still considered the honorary "princess," Gregor joins forces with another princess - 12-year-old Luxa - and Ripred the rat, to defend the Underlanders and the vulnerable "Nibblers," or mice, from the rat army.
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...