Gregor And the Marks of Secret (Underland Chronicles) - Hardcover

Collins, Suzanne

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0439791456 ISBN 13: 9780439791458

Publisher: Scholastic Pr, 2006

Synopsis

Gregor and the Marks of Secret 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 honor Full description

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Knowing that the rats always chase the mice out of the town before disaster strikes, Gregor begins to explore what has happened to the creatures who once saved the life of his dear friend, Luxa, in order to know what is going on that he knows he cannot yet see.

Review:

Kirkus Starred
In this penultimate volume in "The Underland Chronicles," Collins begins to gather herself for the grand finale. Gregor has been taking echolocation lessons with Ripred, the charismatic and violent outlaw rat, and after one session he introduces Gregor to Bane, the white-rat pup Gregor spared in defiance of prophecy (Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane, 2004). Bane is now some eight feet tall and still growing, and thoroughly, dangerously mad. Shortly after this introduction, both Ripred and Bane go missing, and Queen Luxa discovers that mice who succored her in the jungle (Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods, 2005) have also disappeared, leaving only one enigmatic Mark and Hazard, Gregor's little sister Boots and the faithful cockroach Tornp. A customarily eventful trip through Hades Hall to the Firelands leads the band to both the mice and Bane, who has his own Final Solution in mind for the entire mouse race. The cliffhanger ending will leave readers gasping as Gregor goes chasing another prophecy, the direst yet.
--Kirkus Starred

About this edition

• Publisher: Scholastic Pr
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0439791456
• ISBN 13: 9780439791458
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 336