Author: Suzanne Collins
Rating: 
Reading Level: 4th and up
Pages: 343Publisher: Scholastic Press
Edition: Hardcover, 2006
This 4th installment in the Underland series is more powerful than the previous. The plot is tight. The characters are more developed and complex and the dangers are even more real now. I don't know how young readers without much knowledge of the holocaust might react to the scene where the Nibblers (the mice) are lured unsuspectingly to be mass-murdered. I was shocked at the brutality of this scene, although I think Collins did a superb job.
I believe this is supposed to be the second to last book and am eagerly awaiting the concluding volume!
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