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Until the Celebration

Zilpha Keatley Snyder (1977)

SubgenreChildren's Fantasy
Age groupMiddle Grade 8-12
Content ratingPG
Pages (Standard (250-400))
SeriesGreen Sky #3
Setting
CSM age10
Goodreads3.95

Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

Class StruggleAnxiety

Synopsis

At a time when the Erdlings are to reenter Green-sky, mounting tension is eventually soothed by two children who have become symbols of the unification. When the banished Erdlings were brought from their imprisonment below ground and finally reunited with the Kindar it seemed the times of love and joy that the founders of the Green-Sky had promised would at last arrive. But unforeseen problems arose and the result was turmoil, mind pain, unjoyfulness, and a constant fear. Only Raamo held hope for the future. He was proved right, although the path to rejoining lay through surprising sacrifice.

Is Until the Celebration appropriate for my child?

Suitable for most readers 10 and up.

This concluding book in the Green Sky trilogy features social tension between formerly divided groups and explores themes of fear, sacrifice, and unity through child protagonists. Mild peril and emotional conflict, but hopeful resolution.

What to know going in

This book has mild violence, no sexual content, and clean language. Content notes include class struggle and anxiety.

Who'll love this

Two kids become symbols of hope as they help reunite underground dwellers with surface people in a fantasy world filled with tension and mystery.

Tags

Social FantasyUtopian FictionAdventure