I concur with the general sentiment that this is the weakest of the trilogy. It's hard to get around the entire first half of the book being mostly the same stuff we just read in Below the Root. Once we get into the second half, it's good though.

I picked this book up for $1 in the dealers' room at Context in Columbus, OH, last month. Picked it up because I've never heard of this author. The book (#2 of a trology) was published by Tor in 1976. I'm not a big fantasy fan, but was curious about the author. It's a well done, simple fantasy about people(?) -- not sure if they're humans or fairies or what -- whose tribe got splintered, part of it repressed and forced to live under the roots of the World Tree. The main character is a little gir...

I liked this a little less than Below the Root... it went over a lot of the same plot from a different perspective, which was fine, but it was pretty redundant after a while when I just want to see how it turns out! It did go over some of the philosophy and thinking of the green-sky people, which made me think... could human kind ever evolve past violence? Is Love and Compassion ever truly stronger than the desire for power? Not just for short times, and not just in a few people, but in an entir...

UNIFORCE!!!Pomma and Teera can do anything!!enough with going over every thing again though

I found the first 60% of this book to be a review of material from Below The Root. Admittedly, it was from a different perspective, but it was too much for me.

I didn't like this second installment of Green Sky quite as well as the first (Below the Root), since more than half of it recounts events also told in the first book, but from a different person's point of view. It might have enjoyed it better if, like the first readers back in the 70s, I had had to wait a year (instead of a few weeks) after reading the first book, waiting for the second to be published. Though it is somewhat interesting to see the same events from the other side. And All Betwe...

I'm really non that much into the YA genre...

As a combined entity, I really enjoy this series--but structurally, this book is a mess in a way that goes beyond Middle Book Syndrome. The first half retells portions of book one from a different perspective, while the second half is all lead-up for book three. I wonder if there was external pressure to make this series into a trilogy, because it would I think have been much more natural as a duology--or as a single-volume work.

Apparently the popularity of this book and its sequels were attributed to some old school video game. It was recommended to me by a website I can no longer find. Someone did an extensive listing of mostly fantasy books from The Hobbit to current series circa 2000ish.It took me years to find and buy them.So I am saddened to say, I although I enjoyed the 2 books. (Below the Root, And All Between (Green Sky, #2) Until the Celebration (Green Sky, #3) grew tedious by the end.

1/25/18 $.99 for Kindle.

The second book of the Green Sky Trilogy ups the stakes a bit more, showing both that the powers of telekinesis and telepathy that have been waning in Green-sky could be regenerated by reunion with the Erdlings, and that there are powerful forces in Green-sky who will stop at nothing — possibly even extending to the use of violence, the strongest taboo possible in the society — to prevent such a thing. The focus of the book is mainly on Pomma, Raamo’s sister, and Teera, her Erdling friend. It’s

Eight-year-old Teera finds herself above the powerful Root that keeps her Erdling community captive underground. The Erdlings are feared and despised by the Kindar people who live in the massive trees above. Raamo and Neric, two young Kindar discover Teera and for reasons of their own decide to keep her hidden, allowing her to live with Raamo’s parents and his sister, Pomma. But Teera’s existence does not remain a secret and soon she, Raamo, Neric, and their friends are all in danger.This book w...

This is the sequel to Below the Root, although it does not begin where that left off. Instead, Teera's story is told from her perspective and that of the other Erdlings. The endpoint of the former book comes about halfway through this one, when the thread of narrative is picked back up from the perspectives of other characters. The players are gearing up to reveal the secret of the Erdlings and attempt to integrate them into Kinda society, but there are still those, such as D'ol Regle who will s...

Snyder's Below the Root trilogy is a nice introduction to fantasy and science fiction. It gets young readers ready for such heavy and layered series as the Lord of the Rings or Narnia.

My name is Teera, and I find myself above the Root for the first time. I've heard wonderful stories of the Kindar people living among the treetops, but I'm terrified being by myself. I'm living with Raamo's family now, but I can't let them know I'm an Erdling. The best thing is sharing a space with Pomma. We've learned to Image with each other, so Pomma has discovered most of my secrets. I trust she won't tell anyone else, but I'm still afraid she'll let something slip. I'm sure the Ol-zhann won...

First of all, here's what's implied: Our home planet has been destroyed due to an extraordinary, yet unspecified act of violence.Second, some background: A handful of humans who survived this disaster fled to Green Sky, a planet of low gravity whose surface is covered by trees so large that could easily dwarf the mighty redwoods. It is here, among the treetops, that these survivors make their homes and create a new life based on the principles of peace, love, and happiness and put all their fait...

I don't put much stock in the universality of "middle book syndrome", but in the case of And All Between, I see why the term has been applied to it in several reviews. I loved that much of this book was told through the experiences of Teera and other Erdlings, especially since it gave a clearer picture of life in Erda and how it contrasts against the world of the tree-dwelling Kindar. And I don't mind a bit of recap in sequels, but it went on for too long here. There isn't much new material add

First half was from Teera's perspective, then the story continues. Snyder also saves the best part (my opinion) till the end. Can't wait for "Until the Celebration"(book 3).

The second installment of the Green Sky trilogy does not disappoint. The first half of this book is the second half of the first book told from Teera's point of view. It starts off with her life below the root with the Erdlings and how she ran away with her pet lapan. Most important is her point of view of her relationship and developing friendship with Raamo's sister Pomma.The second half of the book starts with the abduction of Pomma and Teera. Raamo and his friends are then faced with a diffi...

For some reason Synder decided to write the same book twice: this one from the perspective of Terra, who lives below the Root, and its sister book Below The Root from the perspective of Raamo, who above the Root in the trees. Until the Celebration finishes off the trilogy.These stories take place on a alien world where most of the people are peaceful and loving, and live their lives in the towering and massive trees. Due to the low gravity, they all glide from branch to branch using suits with b...