Chris Howard
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| Title | : | Rootless (Rootless #1) |
| Author | : | Chris Howard |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 336 pages |
| Published | : | November 1st 2012 by Scholastic Inc. (first published January 1st 2012) |
| Categories | : | Young Adult. Science Fiction. Dystopia. Fantasy. Apocalyptic. Post Apocalyptic |
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17-year-old Banyan is a tree builder. Using scrap metal and salvaged junk, he creates forests for rich patrons who seek a reprieve from the desolate landscape. Although Banyan's never seen a real tree—they were destroyed more than a century ago—his father used to tell him stories about the Old World. But that was before his father was taken . . .Everything changes when Banyan meets a woman with a strange tattoo—a clue to the whereabouts of the last living trees on earth, and he sets off across a wasteland from which few return. Those who make it past the pirates and poachers can't escape the locusts—the locusts that now feed on human flesh.
But Banyan isn't the only one looking for the trees, and he's running out of time. Unsure of whom to trust, he's forced to make an uneasy alliance with Alpha, an alluring, dangerous pirate with an agenda of her own. As they race towards a promised land that might only be a myth, Banyan makes shocking discoveries about his family, his past, and how far people will go to bring back the trees.
In this dazzling debut, Howard presents a disturbing world with uncanny similarities to our own. Like the forests Banyan seeks to rebuild, this visionary novel is both beautiful and haunting—full of images that will take permanent root in your mind . . . and forever change the way you think about nature.
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| Original Title: | Rootless |
| ISBN: | 0545387892 (ISBN13: 9780545387897) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Rootless #1 |
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Ratings: 3.5 From 1078 Users | 263 ReviewsComment On Out Of Books Rootless (Rootless #1)
This sounds really interesting.Find this review and more at my blog. Rootless is a book unlike anything I have ever read! It takes place in a bleak future where locusts are rampant, and no trees are left in the world. Locust have destroyed all food supply, they eat human flesh and a dystopian government controls all food supply. GenTech is the closest to a government that exists and they managed to genetically engineer corn that the locust can't eat. I don't want to say anything more because I don't want to spoil the book.
3.5 StarsAs happens from time to time, I've read a book that is wonderful, but that does not work perfectly for the kind of reader that I am. Rootless by Chris Howard is a true dystopian/post-apocalyptic novel set in a nightmare landscape. The writing is beautiful and the characters are unique. I definitely like Rootless and I'm very impressed by Howard's debut, but I'm too easily confused by science for it to be the perfect book for me.First off, I want to praise Chris Howard's writing to the
Okay, I will not look at nail guns the same way again.Also, I won't look at trees the same way again.Now if you'll excuse me, I feel compelled to go hug a tree. Mind you, this will be a one-time embrace. I suddenly just feel they're owed one from me.
DNF 55%I hate not finishing a book this far into it. But I've got a stack to read and I was not enjoying this in the slightest. I had 4 major things that kept me from loving, or even liking, this book.1. Characters. There's quite a few secondary characters and then the MC, Banyan. I didn't like any of them. They didn't make themselves likable and there was so little to admire. Banyan and his love interest just ... it was so quick and it consists of checking out her thighs and her this and that.
3.5 StarsAs happens from time to time, I've read a book that is wonderful, but that does not work perfectly for the kind of reader that I am. Rootless by Chris Howard is a true dystopian/post-apocalyptic novel set in a nightmare landscape. The writing is beautiful and the characters are unique. I definitely like Rootless and I'm very impressed by Howard's debut, but I'm too easily confused by science for it to be the perfect book for me.First off, I want to praise Chris Howard's writing to the
Bold, powerful, and thematically daring, Rootless is a masterpiece debut novel from Chris Howard. This astoundingly compelling and immensely satisfying novel tells the story of Banyan, a 17-year-old tree builder and an artist, who dedicated his whole life to creating trees from pieces of scrap metal and electronic elements, and is now about to be launched on a wild quest to find his missing father and the remaining trees on Earth. They figured me too young for a tree builder. I could see it in
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