If you’re one of the millions who has fallen head-over-heels with Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games, check out her earlier series: The Underland Chronicles. This is one of my favorite picks for kids ages 10 through, wait, do I count as a kid? Anyway, this series of five books follows the lives of Gregor, his little sister, Boots, and an array of fascinating Underlanders, most of whom are not human, not really…
With the discovery of a secret world beneathNew York City, Gregor finds himself traipsing after his sister to bring her safely back home. Feeling as if he’s stumbled into a nightmare, he soon realizes that he has unimaginable ties to this foreign land and may be the only one who can help it survive.
These books are well-written, as if we would expect anything less, and fantastically realistic with a balance between inner-city responsibilities and untapped heroism in an unknown world.
Check out the book trailer below, and then place the Gregor the Overlander (Book 1) on request. Cheers!
