And All Between [Paperback]

Zilpha Snyder (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 10, 2005

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. Published by Atheneum originally in 1979, And All Between is the second book of the Green-Sky Trilogy.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

An eight-year-old girl in a vividly drawn fantasy world encounters unexpected dangers--and ultimate rewards--in this novel which PW termed "breathtaking." Ages 10-up.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

The recipient of three Newberry Honor Book awards for The Egypt Game, The Headless Cupid, and The Witches of Worm, Zilpha Keatley Snyder’s first book was published in 1964. Since that time she has authored more than 42 books, mostly for children but also including two books for young adults, four picture books for younger children, and a book of poetry.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 12 and up
  
• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Backinprint.com (November 10, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0595370306
• ISBN-13: 978-0595370306
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #202,029 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Incredible, April 7, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: And All Between (Hardcover)

I read this book when I was in grade school and it has haunted me ever since. I have been on a quest - literally - since I was 11 years old to find this book again, along with the other 2 in the trilogy - for those of you who are also still looking the other two books are: Below the Root and Until the Celebration

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding Children to Young Adult Series, October 22, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: And All Between: Green-Sky #2 (Mass Market Paperback)

This is a sophisticated, intricate, and very well-written series. It is too bad the author's works are no longer available, because everything she writes is gold.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantasy with Deep Social and Moral Issues, July 15, 2004

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Melissa McCauley (North Little Rock, AR) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: And All Between: Green-Sky #2 (Mass Market Paperback)

This book overlaps the first book in the series, BELOW THE ROOT. It is told from the point of view of Teera, the Erdling child who was rescued by Neric and Raamo and taken to Green-sky. The book starts back at Teera's home in the caverns below "The Root" and shows how their society is marred by strife and hunger. The food allocation committee decides her pet lapan (something similar to a rabbit) must be killed and eaten for food. Teera, desperate to keep her pet, runs away from home and wanders down the endless corridors until she is hopelessly lost, then squeezes through an opening in the root into the forest above.

At first Teera is enchanted by the green forest and the abundance of food, but soon is full of homesickness. Just as she is about to give up hope, she is found by Raamo and Neric, novitiate Ol-zhaan priests from the cities of Green-sky high in the trees. Raamo can hear her telepathic cries for help, and also through telepathy (pensing) calms her enough for the trip up into the city of Orbora. There they place Teera in the care of Raamo's family, where she immediately forms a deep bond with Raamo's sister of the same age, Pomma.

Teera tries to keep the secret of her origins, but her hosts soon find out she is not a child from their city who fell, but was born and lived below the root. Raamo's fellow initiate, Genaa, learns that her father is not really dead, but was imprisoned below the root by the evil machinations of the secret society within the Ol-zhaan priests called the Greets-kel. When Genaa leads a party to the forest floor to make contact with the inhabitants of the caverns, chaos is let loose in Green-sky.