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Gregor and Boots return to the Underland, this time along with their mother. Gregor has been studying the Prophecy of Blood, but is having trouble understanding and deciphering this one. A terrible plague is killing the Underland’s warmblooded creatures. When their mom contracts the plague, Gregor the Warrior and Boots the Princess have no choice but to join the ill-fated group on a quest to find a field of Starshade, believed to be the cure to the Plague.

This third book in the Gregor the Overlander series was just as good as the previous two. I read it out loud to my 9 and 7 year old boys and, once again, they were begging me to buy the next book as soon as we finished this one. These books are deceptively simple. On the surface they seem like just a nice fantasy story about giant creatures and humans who live under the earth, but when you start thinking about them, they are really about so much more. The boys are understanding some of the deeper meanings and have had good conversations about them. There are some disturbing bits in this one, such as how a rat dies and also the loss of two characters in battle. Most disturbing is the ultimate meaning of the Prophecy. I highly recommend reading Gregor And The Curse Of The Warmbloods.


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Gregor And The Curse Of The Warmbloods Underland Chronicles Book 3 Suzanne Collins 9780439656245 Books Reviews

This one would be a good discussion piece. How the juvenile casting of good vs evil is really often shaded many shades of gray with plenty of blame go around
"The Underland Chronicles" by Suzanne Collins of "Hunger Games" fame are something like a combination of "Alice in Wonderland" and "Harry Potter", in which Gregor, an intelligent and highly principled boy from modern New York City, falls into Underland, a world far below the surface. In the stories, Gregor discovers heretofore unknown abilities in himself, and becomes mentally and emotionally mature beyond his years. This series is aimed toward grade levels 4 and up, and it would be an excellent choice for anyone who enjoys a good adventure story. It does contains a fair amount of violence, and several characters die throughout the series.
The Underland Chronicles have become my current favorite children's books. You have to be cautious about heaping too much praise on an uncompleted series, but I can say that at this point I rank these books on par with Narnia for sheer magic. Lacking the theological underpinnings, Collins' series does share some superficial similarities--mundane children entering another world through secret portals to discover that they are part of something grand. In the case of 11-year-old Gregor, he must cope with the unexpected difficulties of being the prophesied "warrior," burdened with quite a bit more responsibility than he would like. Themes of sacrifice and honor are heavily explored.

This novel, like the others in the series, has an engaging plot with rapid movement that should keep readers of most ages involved and entertained. But the real strength here lies in the characters. Gregor in particular is very real and sympathetic. His struggles to balance his personal needs and desires with his greater sense of what is "right" are deftly handled--not so heavy-handed as to weigh the story down, they impart messages without preaching. The characters around him are fleshed out in part by Gregor's empathy. His efforts to understand others makes his companions three-dimensional as well. As near as I can determine, Collins is careful to give consideration to the motives of everyone in her stories. Her villains are not particularly noble, but they do make sense. One word of warning to those considering these books for very young readers while I am comfortable sharing these stories with my 8-year-old son, I believe that some more sensitive audiences may find the intensity of Gregor's adventures hard to handle. Characters do die in these stories--indeed, sometimes Gregor kills them. Violence is not glorified in these books--far from it--but there are moral dilemmas and tragedies that parents might want to read for themselves before sharing these treasures with their children. I wouldn't go so far as to recommend against them even for very small children, but parents of the more sensitive might want to prepare and judge for themselves.

I can't say where Gregor's adventures will take him or if at the end of the journey I will have enjoyed them as much as I'm enjoying them now, but I will say that there are no other books on the market that I anticipate as keenly as I do these. I would invite readers of any age to share the experience with me. But do start at the beginning. Coming in on the middle of this series would only deprive you of a lot of the texture that makes this world wonderful.
I really never saw myself reading books for ages "9 and up," but a friend recommended the series and I became hooked. The first book had me hesitant, I'm not usually a big fan of child narrators, but Collins proved me wrong. The other problem I usually have with younger age books is that they are too simplistic. Once again, Collins proves me wrong. The writing is simplistic enough to be believable for a 12yr old's point of view, but the plot itself is unpredictable and full of really good twists and keeps you thinking.

The action pieces are also something I did not expect, as I thought they would be downplayed for a younger age. Instead, they are well written and demonstrate the brutalities of battle (even if the ones fighting are not human) and although not the most gruesome scenes I've read (I read horror genre too). I was surprised that the level of brutality was recommended for ages as young as nine, but as an older reader I found it refreshing to not have fights and battles sugar coated.

The characters are engaging and the whole Underland world is complete and intriguing with the many 'peoples' that live there and the differences all the groups have. I cannot recommend how a reader of say age nine would like this series, but I can say that as a 22yr old, if you don't mind reading something a 'the lower level,' I defiantly recommend it for many ages over 9.
Gregor and Boots return to the Underland, this time along with their mother. Gregor has been studying the Prophecy of Blood, but is having trouble understanding and deciphering this one. A terrible plague is killing the Underland’s warmblooded creatures. When their mom contracts the plague, Gregor the Warrior and Boots the Princess have no choice but to join the ill-fated group on a quest to find a field of Starshade, believed to be the cure to the Plague.

This third book in the Gregor the Overlander series was just as good as the previous two. I read it out loud to my 9 and 7 year old boys and, once again, they were begging me to buy the next book as soon as we finished this one. These books are deceptively simple. On the surface they seem like just a nice fantasy story about giant creatures and humans who live under the earth, but when you start thinking about them, they are really about so much more. The boys are understanding some of the deeper meanings and have had good conversations about them. There are some disturbing bits in this one, such as how a rat dies and also the loss of two characters in battle. Most disturbing is the ultimate meaning of the Prophecy. I highly recommend reading Gregor And The Curse Of The Warmbloods.