Gregor the Overlander

We humans who live on the surface of the earth are all Overlanders! This is what I found out when I read Gregor the Overlander, a book written by Suzanne Collins. It is the first book in the Underland Chronicles series. This book was 311 pages of Underland adventure. The story begins with the protagonist, Gregor. He is a bony eleven year old boy. He lives in a hot, cramped apartment with his poor, struggling family. He is living in a state of frustration. His seven year old sister Lizzie

world underneath surface of our world, or it could be just another name for Hell. In Suzanne Collins’s book Gregor the Overlander from the Overland Series, the Underworld is a sot of magical place where a small community of humans has thrived for years on end. The people have been so long that they have adapted to the darkness and have purple eyes (Collins). In this place of mystery, Gregor is welcomed and made comfortable because they know he is from the “Overland”, which is just the surface of the

“Never allow waiting to become a habit. Live your dreams and take risks. Life is happening now”-Anonymous. Gregor the Overlander a fantasy story written by Suzanne Collins was a story about a boy who fell through a grate in his laundry room, and ended up in a fantasy land called the Underland. Gregor who wants no part in being in this place, learns that the biggest mystery of his life can be solved if he jumps on board an adventure. Tale Dark and Grimm a fantasy tale written by Adam Gidwitz. It is

Suzanne Collins dystopian story, “Gregor the Overlander” takes place in an underground world where all animals are 10 times their overland size. The main characters Gregor and his sister Boots, fell into the underland form a vent in their apartment in New York City. Gregor’s dad went missing over 2 years ago and was never found. When Gregor was in the under land he found out that there may be a chance his dad is still alive in the underworld. One of the many themes the author Suzanne Collins repetitively

In the fantasy fiction book Gregor the Overlander, by Suzanne Collins, the main character Gregor faces rats, bats, crawlers and all, to save his dad. It starts with eleven-year-old Gregor, who is stranded in his tiny New York city apartment with his hallucinating grandmother, little sister, and cockroaches, while his other younger sister, Lizzie, goes to summer camp. He takes his sister downstairs to the laundry room, so he can keep an eye on her while he goes about his chores. Suddenly he notices

Suzanne Collins Suzanne Collins was born on August 10, 1962 in Hartford, Connecticut. She was the youngest of four children. Being the daughter of an Air Force officer, Suzanne moved a considerable amount during her childhood, living in places like New York City and Brussels. Her father was also a history teacher at a college level, so history was an immensely important topic. Her father shared military experiences with his children. Collins states “I believe he felt a great responsibility and urgency

I’m reading Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins. This book is full of excitement and adventure. This is a book that I know I can read. Gregor is a book that I like because when the rats talk they are trying to speak how humans speak. But they sound different. They can't put sentences together,so you as the reader have to rearrange the words to make them sound right. Gregor is really good book. So far Gregor and Boots have fallen into a hole in the wall, down to the “underworld”. They have met

You may think “The Hunger games” by Suzanne Collins and “The gregor the overlander” by Suzanne Collins, are very different books but really they are very similar. But really if you think about it they both have a similar theme. In the story the author teaches us that hard work pays off. In “the hunger games” where katniss gets released in the hunger games she needs to work hard to win. So she needs to survive the hunger games. Finally,katniss finds peeta, because you can in with your district so

Have you ever wanted The Hunger Games trilogy, but you couldn’t as a result of your state challenging or banning the book? Everyone in the world can read this book due to the fact that it was not banned it was only challenged. This challenge did affect some states though I have the opportunity to be able to read this book because I can read it at the school or public library anytime I want.The book was challenged for various reasons stated later in this essay. The writer can affect the reader's actions

contrasting is Gregor the Overlander and Alice through the Looking Glass. Even though you might think that this two pieces of text are very different and the same their is both. The Three elements I will be comparing and contrasting is theme, characters, and setting. Some background on the story Gregor the Overlander is he is a boy living with his mother and his too young little sisters. Also some background on the movie Alice through the looking glass is Alice is much older than Gregor and she is an