Gregor the Overlander Box Set by Suzanne Collins

The Chronicles begin when Gregor, an 11-year-old boy, must follow his 2-year-old sister, Boots, whom he's babysitting, down a grate in their apartment building's laundry room. What you might find.? Well, that’s the story of Gregor the Overlander, the first book in her five-part fantasy/war series, The Underland Chronicles.' In New York City, you’re much more likely to fall down a manhole than a rabbit hole and, if you do, you’re not going to find a tea party. Then again, not much has.Īs explained in her website bio, 'Thinking one day about Alice in Wonderland, she was struck by how pastoral the setting must seem to kids who, like her own, lived in urban surroundings.

It's been critically acclaimed and reader approved, but it's hardly matched the sales or fan frenzy of The Hunger Games. She also wrote a middle-grade series called The Underland Chronicles, the first book of which, Gregor the Overlander, came out in 2003. That doesn't mean they're not worth reading, or even, in some ways, better than the more popular books. Before there was The Hunger Games trilogy and the widespread fervor (and Mockingjay pins, as per the photo above), that ensued, for instance, Suzanne Collins was a writer for children's TV, working on Nickelodeon shows Clarissa Explains It All and The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo, among other programs.

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Gregor the Overlander Box Set by Suzanne Collins