The Legend of Greg: An Epic Series of Failures by Chris Rylander, 338 pages. G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2018. $16.99.
Content: Language: G (no swears; no f”); Mature Content: PG; Violence: PG.
BUYING ADVIOSRY: MS - ADVISABLE
AUDIENCE APPEAL: HIGH
Greg thinks he is just unlucky. In fact, as far back as his family can remember they have been unlucky - especially on Thursdays. He lives in modern Chicago, just a normal kid who somehow got a scholarship to a high class private school. He rides the city bus and lives a life of quiet drudgery. Greg thinks it is just bad luck until his father is snatched out of his specialty tea shop in downtown Chicago by a strange man and a mountain troll. Then Greg is taken underground and informed he is a Dwarf. His only friend at his snobby private school is an elf, sworn enemy of the Dwarfs. Greg sets out on a quest to find his dad, and maybe destroy civilization.
This is a fun book, Rylander has introduced a well-crafted world and it’s a refreshing change to read about an unlucky hero from an unlucky bunch of negative attitude dwarves. I carefully read the introduction and didn’t start reading the book on Thursday, so maybe that’s why I enjoyed it so much. Older elementary and Middle school readers will enjoy it, just don’t start it on Thursday!
L. Moeller English Teacher and Librarian
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