A utopia/dystopia of haunting haunting beauty and mystery

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	• Below the Root Zilpha Keatley Snyder Backinprint.com, 2005 - 242 pages average customer review:based on 22 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

This book made such an impact on me when I was a child!

I had forgotten the name, but the characters and the setting of the book has stayed with me after all these years.

Why I love Science Fiction (in 1000 words or less)

In seventh grade, I picked a book off of my teacher's shelf, expecting to be bored to tears. Instead, I got "Below the Root," the most complex and interesting story I had ever read. Its combination of intrigue and imagination made me realize that this genre was not reserved for geeks (those people I was desperately trying not to be one of). Ever since then I have been searching for this book and its sequels. Now that I have found them, I hope to discover in them that same intensity and magic I found years ago.

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Where the Road to Imagination Begins

I read Below the Root when I was in grade school and liked it. Then I found And All Between and Until the Celebration, and thought they were wonderful! In each book, Snyder weaves together a stunning milieu by retelling the same story, but from a different main character's point of view. Below the Root and its sequels are refreshing, captivating, and comparable to Tolkien's The Hobbit, but for younger readers. Every school library should have a set of these imaginative books.

A utopia/dystopia of haunting haunting beauty and mystery

No book has ever captured my imagination as this book has. Set in a dreamlike utopia of giant forests and ghostlike flowers, it presents a tale of an escape war and suffering, and the shocking rediscovery of the past. Though told with the artistic efficacy of a childrens fairy tale, this book is much more. It deals with the consequences of ingorance, the ways in which our history affects our future and our minds, and raw human compassion. Though sadly never recognized for its complexity, the images and ideas from Below the Root both haunt and comfort me to this day. Do not mistake it for merely a childrens fairy tale, for this is story of great complexity. It is a surreal parable of our history.

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Out of Print?

Why are really good books like this one out of print?

I read this as a teenager and savored every suspenseful, mysterious and joyful moment.

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