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Summary Of Gregor The Overlander By Suzanne Collins
Humongous rats, bat riders and an unreal kingdom. These are some of the scarce amount of things that appear in Gregor The Overlander by Suzanne Collins. Imagine a world where people were so pale you could see their veins and organs, rats which seem like buildings and structures which seems from another galaxy. Gregor, an average 11 year old boy falls down a shaft with his 2 year old sister Boots. They fall into the Underland, a civilization a mile underneath the earth that’s filled with all sorts of creatures and humans. Gregor and Boots enter the province with awe being greeted royally by the underlanders. When he finds out there’s a war between the Underlanders and King Gorger’s rat army, he wants to go back home as soon as possible as he

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