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Book #1 in the underlander chronicles. My only complaint was that Gregor must be the smartest 11-yr old around. He really should be more like 16. This story was sort of like an urban Alice in wonderland. Gregor & his sister fall into a tunnel and land in the underworld where they need to save his dad, win a war, fulfill a prophecy, and hopefully all get back home safe.

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(author: Suzanne Collins)
This SF book throws students right into a new world as 11yo Gregor and his baby sister Boots fall through a laundry room grate into the dark depths of the Underland, meeting all sorts of strange creatures and even humans. As the first in a series of five, this book serves as a great introduction to how creative SF can be as it entices students with quests and prophecies and plenty of world-building.

#LetsTravelJuly This is a great middle grades series about Gregor and his little sister Boots, and how they end up in the #Underground world below their apartment building. In the underground world, they encounter giant bats, spiders, and rats while trying to help the Underlanders who live there.
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LOVED THIS!!! This is the MG fantasy series I didn't know I needed!! It's a little Alice in Wonderland, a little Narnia and a lot of NYC underbelly! Suspend all reality and follow Gregor and Boots on their adventure into the Underland and Regalia! I'll be plowing through all 5 books as fast as I can!

Why yes, I did take out the second book when I was only halfway done with the first... 😂
@rretzler You were so right about this one!!!! 👏🤘

I remember this book specifically being mentioned in one of the Lemoncello books and the idea made me laugh, as well as the nod to Kafka!
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@theresidentromantic I think I need to get this for Gene!!!

@Lexeegee thank you so much. I recommended Gregor all the time when I was still a children‘s librarian, but I never actually read it. So now I can!!! And I read my first Mass book this year but it‘s her other series. I‘m told this one is better. Plus, sloths!!!! I love it all. Thank you so much. #cupidgoespostal @BookishMarginalia

Wow that picture is dark. I‘ll post a better onetomorrow. I still haven‘t replaced the light from the power surge

My children tell me they consider #afairytaleofnewyork to be mine and my husbands “song”. For anyone who knows the song- make of that what you will... also nothing says NYC fairytale more than giant rats under the city. #winterwonderland

I could have sworn I read this as a kid, but I sure don‘t remember any of it, and I would have already been 16 when it was published— unlikely but not impossible that I picked it up then. I‘m enjoying it now! #currentlyreading #kidlit #homeschoolbookclub

A new friend suggested these. Suzanne Collins wrote this series before the Hunger Games.
I am enjoying the series, it's quite imaginative. I would suggest this series for boys!

Fantastic middle grade fantasy adventure. It was predictable but that didn‘t take anything away from the story. I read a ton of middle grade fantasy so maybe I‘m just good at seeing where everything is headed.

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This was a fun YA hero‘s journey novel. My class of struggling readers loved it!

I read this series back when I was in Elementary school I've been thinking more about re reading it lately. #SuzanneCollins #TheUnderlandChronicles

It's been a while since I read this book and my memory of it is a yeah fuzzy... But I remember enjoying it while I read it

Love it! My ten year old gives it a no doubt about it 5 out of 5. He is anxious to get the next book in the series from the library. Reading with my kids is a highlight of each day. #BookNerdBliss

My fourth graders love this book! They beg me to keep reading everyday! :)

First day of reading in almost a week. I've never been "too sick to read" until being hit with pneumonia. UFF! #fridayreads

This is S story about a boy and his little sister who end up in a strange land. I have read this series before with my husband, but it's been awhile so i thought I would read it again. There are 5 books and I'm on the first one. #happyreading #ilovebooks #gregor

The current MG book favorite in our household is 'Gregor the Overlander' - the first-in-series about a boy who discovers a subterranean world beneath his apt building. Rich with anthropomorphized and outsized rats, bats, and cockroaches, it's nonetheless a rich and amazing fantasy world with themes of friendship, and a quest plot line that runs through the five-book arc. N.B. A bit dark in some places (e.g. Death, betrayal) #FunFridayPhoto

The lesser-known middle reader series by Hunger Games author Suzanne Collins. Gregor finds himself in a pitch black underworld where people ride giant bats, bugs are as big as humans, and light equals life. Such an adventure!! And I still greet fellow readers with, "Fly high, overlander!" ?| ⭐️⭐️⭐️