Review for "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins

Like many other books I have read, this book involves a kid who finds another world amidst his own and travels through a quest to kill the big bad guy and save his papa.

In this book the kid, a boy named Gregor, quests the new world with his 2 year old sister, Boots, and a gang of sword-wielding companions. They trek through colonies of 4-foot tall friendly cockroaches, XL bats who are used as transportation, enormous neutral spiders who are a little less-than-friendly, and hulking evil rats in order to fulfill a prophecy written hundreds of years ago.

The book involves some death and a description of the aftermath of a war.  Overall this book can be read by anyone 11+ but if the reader is under 10 and not yet accustomed to the next level of reading, guidance could be suggested.