Caught up in the Underland....

I am obsessed with yet another series of books. Okay, you caught me, it is actually 2 series. One starts with Magyk and the other with Gregor the Overlander. Morgan is to blame for me staying up late, not getting enough sleep. Gregor is a boy in New York City whose father has not been around for a couple of years. His mother has to work long hours to try to support them. Which leaves Gregor to help care for his little sisters. One 7 and one 2 years old. He ends up "falling" into a vent grate in the laundry room of their apartment building and lands in the Underland. There he encounters giant talking roaches (ewww) and six foot tall talking rats (yikes) along with humans and bats large enough to ride. Gregor finds out that he is the Warrior spoken about in the Underlanders prophecies and as such is sort of forced to carry them through. It is a very good story. There are 5 books. I am working on number 4 now. Gotta go read some more...