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Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods
''Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods'' is an epic fantasy novel, and the third book in ''The Underland Chronicles'' by Suzanne Collins. Scholastic has rated its "( grade level equivalent )" as 5.3; its lexile score is 710L. It has been praised as an excellent sequel to the preceding two books, though reviews such as (StorySnoop )'s have warned, "if you have a sensitive reader, be aware that there are a few gory descriptions...and the characters encounter some things that are potentially scary." The novel has been made into an audiobook, read by Paul Boehmer.
==Plot summary==
Despite the difficulties it has caused for his family, Gregor finds it hard to distance himself from the Underland. When he receives word that a plague has broken out and his bond Ares is one of the victims, he is more than willing to help save his friends by participating in yet another of Bartholomew of Sandwich's prophecies. His mother, however, is far less open to her children's return. She is finally coerced into allowing Boots and Gregor below with the conditions that they do nothing more than attend a short meeting and that she comes with them. The humans' plague expert, Dr. Neveve, explains that there is a plant called starshade growing deep in the Vineyard of Eyes which can be distilled into a cure. In the midst of the meeting, a dying bat infected with the plague inadvertently infects a few of the delegates—Gregor's mother included.
Though he knows his mother will hate the idea, Gregor feels compelled to join a group of creatures on a quest to find the starshade, as described in "The Prophecy of Blood". The current queen Nerissa informs the group that she has arranged a guide for them, which turns out to be Hamnet, the estranged son of Solovet and Vikus. The pacifist Underlander, his Halflander son Hazard, and their hisser companion Frill reluctantly agree to lead the motley crew so through the extremely dangerous Jungle. The questers experience several setbacks, including an invasion of poison dart frogs which renders nearly all their food and water inedible and an attack by carnivorous plants that kill the rat Mange. During a near-death experience with a pool of quicksand, the group encounters Luxa, the heir apparent of Regalia who was assumed to be dead after the quest in ''Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane''. She and her bond Aurora were trapped in the Jungle when Aurora dislocated her wing, and had been living there in a colony of nibblers (mice). After Hamnet fixes Aurora's wing, the bonds accompany the quest.
They arrive at the Vineyard of Eyes, but an army of cutters (ants, who would like to see all warm-blooded creatures gone) destroys the starshade and kills Hamnet and Frill. The group's hopes are crushed until an offhand comment by the cockroach Temp causes them to realize a new possibility: that the plague was developed by the humans as a biological agent to be used against the rats. Knowing that their theory will be proved true if the humans have developed a cure during their absence, the group hastens home. Their theory is proved correct, and Luxa furiously exposes the covert military project. Dr. Neveve is executed for her participation and Solovet, the project's head, is imprisoned in preparation for a trial. Following up on a promise to Ripred, Luxa sends doses of the cure to the gnawers while the Regalian hospital treats as many human and bat victims as possible. Though she is healing, Gregor's mother is too weak to go home, and so the book ends with Gregor confiding in his neighbor Mrs. Cormaci.
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