Publication Date: September 1, 2003
Reading Level: Lexile Measure 690L, Scholastic Guided Reading Level V (GE 4.9)
Interest Level: Grades 4-7
Major Awards: ALA Notable Children's Recordings
Number of Pages: 336 pages
Approximate Word Count: 102,480 words -- The average reader will spend 6 hours and 49 minutes reading Gregor the Overlander at 250 words per minute.
Audible Book Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins
Book Themes: Right and Wrong, Horrors of War, Family
Genre: Quest, Epic Fantasy, First Book in a Series
Setting: the Underland (a Underground land miles under New York City) in modern times
Important Quote:
If you are not trying to hold on to time, you are not so afraid of losing it.
Courage only counts when you can count.
First Line: Gregor had pressed his forehead against the screen for so long, he could feel a pattern of tiny cheks above his eyebrows.
Point of View: 3rd person limited to Gregor's perspective