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Grade 5-8–No good deed goes unpunished in the fourth installment in the popular series. Gregor and his sister Boots are regular visitors to Underland, where their mother is slowly recovering from injuries incurred in the previous episode. Gregor is supposed to be studying echolocation with his rat friend, Ripred the Gnawer, but hes doing very badly. Ripred has his own problems, largest of which is Bane, the once-sweet little baby Gnawer whom the protagonist refused to kill in Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane (Scholastic, 2004). Bane, now a half-grown monster of a rat, is surprisingly charismatic yet emotionally stunted and easily controlled by the forces of evil. When Queen Luxa gets a message that the mice that saved her life in the jungle are in trouble, she and Gregor head out to investigate, accompanied by her cousin Howard, several bats, Gregors sisters, and a brave cockroach named Temp. The breathless pace, intense drama, and extraordinary challenges will leave fans clamoring for the conclusion of this fine series.–Mara Alpert, Los Angeles Public Library
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It's only a few months since Gregor and Boots returned from the Underland, leaving their mother behind to heal from the plague. Though Gregor's family receives frequent updates on her condition, they all know Gregor must return to fulfill his role as the warrior who is key to the Underlanders' survival. Accompanied by his now-talkative, potty-trained little sister Boots, still considered the honorary "princess," Gregor joins forces with another princess -- 12-year-old Luxa -- and Ripred the rat to defend the Underlanders and the vulnerable "Nibblers" or mice, from the rat army.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Gregor and the Marks of Secret,
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This review is from: Gregor and the Marks of Secret: Book Four in the Underland Chronicles (Paperback)
"Gregor and the Marks of Secret" is the fourth book in the Underland Chronicles by Suzanne Collins. Gregor and Luxa team up to find out why all the mice are disappearing, the mice are credited for saving Luxa's life and she has a bond with them and so she is determined to help them.When the true fate of the mice is apparent, it is shocking and Gregor and Luxa are forced to make decisions that will affect Regalia and its people and all Underland creatures for generations to come. This fourth book is not as riveting as the first three, it has the job of filling in details to bring us to the last book of the series. It is a bit of a slow read until the end of the book, when what is happening to the mice is revealed and the reader cannot help but compare it to the holocaust.
4.0 out of 5 stars
It's getting dark in here,
By Amanda Richards (Georgetown, Guyana) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER) (HALL OF FAME) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Gregor and the Marks of Secret: Book Four in the Underland Chronicles (Hardcover)
Book four of the Underland Chronicles deals with some pretty dark stuff. It picks up the story not long after the end of book three, with Gregor's mom still recovering in Regalia, and Gregor unwillingly continuing his echolocation lessons with Ripred the Rat.Gregor and Boots are regular visitors down below, but things take a bad turn when Luxa receives a distress signal from the nibblers while the friends are enjoying a birthday party for their friend Hazard. Gregor and Luxa try to slip away undetected to investigate, but their plans are foiled and the expedition is forced to become a group picnic, complete with children and the ever present shrimp salad. Gregor is relieved that for this adventure at least he is not under pressure as the key figure of a prophecy, but learns that things are not always as they seem. He encounters the fast growing Bane, and is deeply troubled by the Hitler-like aspirations of the white rat - but even more troubling is his inability to master either echolocation or the rage that transforms him into a warrior. Although still written in age-appropriate language, within this book lies violence, death, erupting volcanoes, poison gas, deadly creatures, the genocide of a species, and the outset of war. In addition, like that other embattled hero, Harry Potter, Gregor's hormones are beginning to warm up with similarly awkward results. To fully appreciate this book, you'd be better off reading books one through three first, but be warned that the ending of this one tantalizingly sets the stage for the final installment "Code of Claw", which unfortunately isn't expected until 2007. Amanda Richards
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4.0 out of 5 stars
It’s getting dark in here,
By Amanda Richards - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Gregor and the Marks of Secret: Book Four in the Underland Chronicles (Hardcover)
Book four of the Underland Chronicles deals with some pretty dark stuff. It picks up the story not long after the end of book three, with Gregor’s mom still recovering in Regalia, and Gregor unwillingly continuing his echolocation lessons with Ripred the Rat.Gregor and Boots are regular visitors down below, but things take a bad turn when Luxa receives a distress signal from the nibblers while the friends are enjoying a birthday party for their friend Hazard. Gregor and Luxa try to slip away undetected to investigate, but their plans are foiled and the expedition is forced to become a group picnic, complete with children and the ever present shrimp salad. Gregor is relieved that for this adventure at least he is not under pressure as the key figure of a prophecy, but learns that things are not always as they seem. He encounters the fast growing Bane, and is deeply troubled by the Hitler-like aspirations of the white rat - but even more troubling is his inability to master either echolocation or the rage that transforms him into a warrior. Although still written in age-appropriate language, within this book lies violence, death, erupting volcanoes, poison gas, deadly creatures, the genocide of a species, and the outset of war. In addition, like that other embattled hero, Harry Potter, Gregor’s hormones are beginning to warm up with similarly awkward results. To fully appreciate this book, you’d be better off reading books one through three first, but be warned that the ending of this one tantalizingly sets the stage for the final installment “Code of Claw”, which unfortunately isn’t expected until 2007. Amanda Richards, May 28, 2006 9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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Gregor and The Marks of Secret - Series Number 4,
By grandma.grandpa.USA "grandma.grandpa.USA" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Gregor and the Marks of Secret: Book Four in the Underland Chronicles (Hardcover)
This is the 4th book in the Gregor The Underland Chronicles series. My granddaughter continually reminds me to check for the next volume of this particular book series as she loves the adventure. She began reading the series when she was 11. She is now 12 and is as much excited about the Gregor books as she was from the beginning. I've already been asked to check for the 5th book in the series, which I understand is arriving in early 2007.My suggestion would be to make sure to start with the first book in the series as each new book picks up where the other left off leaving readers in suspense and wanting the next book right away. I've listed each title and book number below to help readers and those searching for the next volume as most do not list volume number in the title search. Suzanne Collins has caught the attraction of kids in this series of fantasy adventures which leaves them only wanting more! I highly recommend this book. Below are titles and volume numbers for each book in this series: BOOK ONE IN THE UNDERLAND CHRONICLES TITLE: GREGOR THE OVERLANDER BOOK TWO IN THE UNDERLAND CHRONICLES TITLE: GREGOR AND THE PROPHECY OF BANE BOOK THREE IN THE UNDERLAND CHRONICLES TITLE: GREGOR AND THE CURSE OF THE WARMBLOODS BOOK FOUR IN THE UNDERLAND CHRONICLES TITLE: GREGOR AND THE MARKS OF SECRET BOOK FIVE IN THE UNDERLAND CHRONICLES ** COMING 2007 ** TITLE: GREGOR AND THE CODE OF CLAW 12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
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Am I the only one...,
By Haley "knutty knightingale" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Gregor and the Marks of Secret: Book Four in the Underland Chronicles (Hardcover)
...who is hopelessly obsessed with the Gregor series? The only one who puts signs up all over her bedroom announcing RIPRED RULES? The only one who has a bat drawn on the mug-coaster next to her bed? The only one who painstakingly drew computer backgrounds of Hazard and Thalia, Luxa and Aurora, Gregor and Ares, Vikus and Whatshisname, and all the other bats and humans? (I also did a wallpaper of Boots and Temp, since she doesn't have a bond). The only one who would willingly wear a self-made RIPRED RULES or OFF RIDING MY BAT T-shirt to school if the said school didn't have uniforms? The only one who even cares that Gregor and Luxa like each other, that Ripred's the greatest rat EVER -- am I the only one who is completely head-over-heels obsessed with this series?But even through my highly unscientific lenses of obsessed reader, this book was marvelous. Ripred's pitiful condition but eternal sarcasm and hysterical remarks, and Gregor's awkward relationship with Luxa were all great, but I think my favorite part was at the end, when Ripred notices Gregor's feelings about Luxa. (This is paraphrased, forgive me if a word's misplaced.) "Don't bother," said Gregor. "I know what you'll say. The whole thing's stupid." "Quite the contrary," said Ripred. "I was going to say that life is short. There are only a few good things in it, really. Don't pretend that one of them isn't happening." It was absolutely the most un-Ripred-like thing Gregor could have imagined. Yeah, that was my favorite part. I also really liked how the author incorporated the horrors of the Holocaust into the story, to give us Overlanders, who could easily feel nothing for the nibblers as there were never any prominent mice characters, some sort of parallel. Rating: Very Good |
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