The acclaimed author of the "New York Times"-bestselling Underland Chronicles series delivers equal parts suspense and philosophy, adventure and romance, in a stunning novel set in a future with unsettling parallels to the present.
Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has won the annual Hunger Games with fellow district tribute Peeta Mellark. But it was a victory won by defiance of the Capitol and their harsh rules. Katniss and Peeta should be happy. After all, they have just won for themselves and their families a life of safety and plenty. But there are rumors of rebellion ...
When eleven-year-old Gregor and his two-year-old sister are pulled into a strange underground world, they trigger an epic battle involving men, bats, rats, cockroaches, and spiders while on a quest foretold by ancient prophecy.
This fast-paced sequel to GREGOR THE OVERLANDER finds both Gregor and his baby sister, Boots, back in Underland, the magical, dark world teaming with extra-enormous cockroaches, friendly bats, and cloth-weaving spiders miles below New York City. On learning that he must help destroy the Bane, an unspeakably large, frightening white rat, Gregor ...
Book Two left off with Gregor reading the Prophecy of Blood: a prophecy that calls for Gregor and Boots to return to the Underland to help ward off a plague. But this time, Gregor's mother refuses to let Gregor return to the Underland ...until the rat Ripred assures the family that Gregor and Boots are needed only for a short meeting, which the ...
Everyone in the Underland has been taking great pains to keep the new prophecy, The Prophecy of Time, from Gregor. Gregor knew from the beginning that it must say something awful, but he never imagined just how awful: The prophecy calls for the warrior's death.
The wacky illustrator of "A Is for Salad" and the author of the highly acclaimed fantasy novel "Gregor the Overlander" team up for this timely picture book about a young computer addict, and what happens when the power goes out. Full color.
This is a book of wildlife photographs taken over the last three decades. All of the portraits in this book were made from color slides. Some, such as of birds and mammals, were taken after weeks of planning and often required elaborate set-ups involving scaffolding towers, photographic blinds, remote camera triggers, and long telephoto lens. ...
Shelby is in London as part of an exchange program. During a performance of "Romeo and Juliet", the stage bursts into flames and many people are injured. Who's behind this "act" of arson? (Original)
When eleven year-old Gregor follows his little sister down a laundry chute, he hurtles into a dark, dirty Underland, deep beneath the New York City. There, humans live uneasily alongside giant spiders, vast cockroaches, huge bats and some appalling rats, but their fragile peace is about to fall apart. Gregor wants no part in the conflict between ...
In the fourth volume of the critically acclaimed Underland Chronicles, Gregor is drawn ever deeper into a brewing crisis. For generations, rats have run the mice-or "nibblers"-out of whatever lands they've claimed, keeping them constantly on the move. But now the mice are disappearing, and the young queen Luxa, who credits them with saving her ...
Providing accessible information for the professional naturalist and amateur nature-lover alike, this guide highlights the habits and habitats of 60 plants and animals currently listed as endangered or threatened in Kansas and protected by state or federal law.
Describes and illustrates 135 native and introduced fishes found in Kansas. The book provides information on appearance, habitat, reproduction, food and unusual or interesting traits and behaviours. Standardised common and scientific names with identification keys are included.
When Gregor falls through a grate in the laundry room of his apartment building, he hurtles into the dark Underland, where spiders, rats, cockroaches coexist uneasily with humans. This world is on the brink of war, and Gregor's arrival is no accident. A prophecy foretells that Gregor has a role to play in the Underland's uncertain future. Gregor ...
In the highly anticipated sequel to Gregor the Overlander, Gregor is summoned back to the Underland by the terms of a second prophecy, this time about the Bane, an ominous white rat whose survival may come at the cost of Gregor's dearest treasurehis little sister, Boots. The Bane is destined to bring a World War to the Underland. But when Gregor ...
This 2003 "Kirkus Reviews" Editor's Choice is now in paperback. When Gregor falls through a grate in his apartment building, he's hurtled into the dark Underland, a world that is on the brink of war. But his arrival is no accident--a prophecy foretells that Gregor has a role to play in the Underland's uncertain future.
In the months since Gregor first encountered the strange Underland beneath New York City, he's sworn he won't ever go back. But when another prophecy, this time about an ominous white rat known as the Bane, calls for Gregor's help, the Underlanders know the only way they can get his attention is through his little sister, Boots. Now Gregor's quest ...
When eleven-year-old Gregor follows his little sister down a laundry chute, he hurtles into Underland, a world deep beneath New York City. There, humans live uneasily alongside giant spiders, vast cockroaches, huge bats and some appalling rats, and their fragile peace is about to fall apart. Gregor wants no part in their troubles. But when a ...
Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has won the annual Hunger Games with fellow district tribute Peeta Mellark. But it was a victory won by defiance of the Capitol and their harsh rules. Katniss and Peeta should be happy. After all, they have just won for themselves and their families a life of safety and plenty. But there are rumors of rebellion ...
Rich in suspense and brimming with adventure, the "New York Times"-bestselling Underland Chronicles unfold the fate of the Underland and the great warrior, Gregor. Includes Books 1 to 5.
In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight ...
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