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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... read more

Characters edit see section history

  • Gregor: Main character
  • Ripred: A rat who has helped gregor on countless missions.
  • Luxa: queen-to-be, has helped Gregor many times
  • Hamnet: Luxa's uncle. Solovet's son.
  • Lapblood: A rat who helps Ripred
  • Vikus: Luxa's grandfather, Solovet's husband.
  • Mareth: A soldier and frined to Gregor
  • Mange: a rat who helps Ripred
  • Neveeve: Doctor in charge of watching patients with the Plague
  • Lizzie: Gregor's sister
  • Solovet: Luxa's grandmother, in charge of war related things in Regalia. Married to Vikus.
  • Mrs. Cormaci: Gregor's neighbor
  • Aurora: Luxa's bond
  • Grace: Gregor's mom
  • Nerissa: Luxa's cousin, psychic
  • Larry: One of Gregor's friends.
  • Boots: the "princess", Gregor's little sister. The roaches love her.
  • Queen Athena: The queen of the bats.
  • Susannah: Susannah is Howard's mother, an who's husband, York, runs the Fount
  • Judith: Luxa's mother. Was killed by the rat's long before Gregor came to the underground.
  • Temp: Temp is the roach that loves boots. He is marked by a bent antennae.
  • Hazard: Hamnets son. Hazard is a half lander, meaning his mom was an overlander and dad was an under lander. Hazard is six, and is fluent in many languages, like crawler, hisser, and nibbler.
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Setting & Locations edit see section history

Lybriath
  • Regalia: One of the major human cities in the underland
  • Underland: The world under New York City that is home to giant rats, spiders, fireflies, bats, and cockroaches, as well as humans.
  • Angelina
  • New York City: Gregor's home
  • Dead Land: Where the rats live

First Sentence edit see section history

Gregor stared in the bathroom mirror for a minute, steeling himself.

Glossary edit see section history

  • Rager: When you can't control when you fight, a reflex you get when in trouble, slows down time almost.

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 3 of 5 in The Underland Chronicles. (standard series)

Preceded by Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane, and followed by Gregor and the Marks of Secret.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Suzanne Collins (Author)

Other Contributors:

  1. August Hall (Cover Artist)
  2. Steve Scott (Designer) - Cover Designer

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: 128
Country: United States
Publication Date: July 1, 2005
ISBN: 0439656230
Page Count: 368

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Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Young Adults

Collins is not afraid to kill off her characters and sometimes that can be tough for a pre-teen to handle or understand. Her books are not always happy endings, but they are wonderful.

Books with Additional Background Information edit see section history

   
  • Gregor the Overlander
  • Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane
  • Gregor and the Marks of Secret

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