Green Sky Trilogy
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| Volumes: Below the Root And All Between Until the Celebration | |
| Author | Zilpha Keatley Snyder |
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| Illustrator | Alton Raible |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Publisher | Atheneum |
| Published | 1975 to 1977 |
| Media type | Print (hardback and paperback) |
The Green Sky Trilogy is a series of fantasy novels by Zilpha Keatley Snyder, originally published between 1975 and 1978 by Atheneum. The books feature illustrations by Alton Raible.
The story takes place on an alien world called Green-sky (although the trilogy as a whole is referred to as the Green Sky Trilogy).
The 1984 game Below the Root is a continuation of the trilogy’s plot. Unusual for a video game, its story is written by the author and is considered canon.
Characters
- Raamo D'ok – A 13–year–old boy with unusually strong Spirit–force, who is Chosen to join the Ol–zhaan.
- Pomma D'ok – Raamo's 7–year–old sister.
- Genaa D'anhk – A 13–year old girl, the other Chosen along with Raamo.
- Hiro D'anhk – Genaa's father, a highly regarded Kindar, imprisoned in the Erdling world.
- Teera Eld – Erdling child escaped to Green–sky.
- D'ol Neric – A young Ol–zhaan who enlists Raamo to discover the secret truth behind Green Sky.
- D'ol Falla – The oldest, most senior member of the Ol–zhaan. High priestess of the vine.
See also
- Trilogy
- Below the Root, the video game
External links
- Green-sky fan page
- Berry Dreamers, a Green-sky themed blog
- Rob McAlear, "The ideology of the wissenvine: : Critique and Closure in Zilpha Keatley Snyder's Green-sky Trilogy". Studies in the Novel 42(1):139-153, March 2010.
- Carrie Hintz, "Joy but Not Peace: Zilpha Keatley Snyder's Green-sky Trilogy." In Utopian and Dystopian Writing for Children and Young Adults, ed. by Carrie Hintz and Elaine Ostry (Routledge, 2009), p. 107.