The world's youngest arch-ciminal genius is now 13. He finds out his father is being held for ransom, and in the Lower Elements the goblins are revolting. Enjoyably clever!
The boy criminal has to get the technology he stole back from the fiend who stole it from him, to save the fairy land from being discovered. Very good.
Benny's Da is transferred to Tunesia. Benny misses Ireland, and hurling, but makes a friend in Omar, a poor local. Tramatic events ensue.
Words I Had To Look Up:
Rider To The Sea (pg.247) -- An Irish play by John Millington Synge. Hurley (pg. 2) -- Stick used in the Irish game of Hurling.
Quote:
He was of the Father Barry school of coaching, where nothing good ever came of encouragement. Fear of consequences was the only way to make a young chap learn. (pg. 142)
In the fourth book Gregor goes on a expedition with Luxa to help the mice. The series is moving faster and faster, I wonder how many books will there be all told? I am becoming more and more enchanted, too.
Quote:
"Shh," said Boots, patting him. "Shh. The mouses are sleeping."
The book after The Hunger Games, Katniss still can't figure out her romantic relationships, and the Capital makes her participate in another Games, with Peeta! How is she going to get out of this one! Oh yes, there will be another book!
Gregor returns to the Under Land to rescue his sister, but it turns out he has to fight a giant white rat instead. Or something like that. Book two of a series, enjoyable story.