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Root Bound (2012)

by Tanya Karen Gough(Favorite Author)

3.98 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0987850601 (ISBN13: 9780987850607)

languge

English

genre

Paranormal Fantasy

publisher

Baba Yaga Press

series

Emma and the Elementals

review 1: REVIEWThis was a fast paced read, which was like Emma's life. Her father and herself never stayed in one place long enough to really call home. Her father is a musician.Emma's life is about to change into an adventurous, magical life. They finally moved into an old rundown apartment building. She noticed a weird little old lady living down the hall. The girls at school are known to be mean. She has strange dreams at night and sees her mother.When she was in her room she could see brownies peaking out of the air vents. She finds out that they need her help. An evil witch intends to destroy both her home and the brownies' home.How is Emma going to be able to help when the only way is to go underground to their world? Imagine, you may have brownies living under your home.... more Something to think about.This book isn't just a good read for the tweens but for anyone. It is light, funny, adventurous and just a good clean little book. We all need to go to a little fantasy world now and then and this book allows that.I think the brownie world gave Emma the escape from the lonely life she lives.Ms. Gough grabs you from the time you open the book and never lets you go. I would recommend this wonderful book to everyone, young and young at heart. Get a copy and join Emma and the brownies on their adventure with the wicked witch.Be careful - don't step on the brownies.Don't forget to follow Emma in WATER WORKS (Emma and the Elementals: Vol. 2).I was given a complimentary copy of ROOT BOUND by Tanya Karen Gough from CBB Book Promotions for my honest opinion. No other compensation took place.I would rate this book 4 BROWNIES.
review 2: So there is a lot going on in this little novel. Emma is a very self sufficient little girl dealing with sneezing houses (brownies) and witchy neighbors all by herself. She doesn't see her father much because of his being a jazz musician and so I was never quite sure if all the things that happened were the fanciful imaginings of a bored little girl or a real magical story (relatively speaking.) It's magical either way. Emma has to fight with the brownies who first think she is a monster and then revere her as their savior the Wanderer. And in fact, she is a wanderer of sorts as she and her father have traveled from town to town to town in search of work.The idea in this novel is that houses are alive, they are "root bound". I loved this. The idea of a house, comes from people their dreams, plans, pictures. It's built with bricks and wood, and plaster. But then it gets a history and begins to put down roots and eventually, the longer it lives, it's roots begin to tap into the magic that is in the Under. So the house is alive. Now I happen to believe, for me, that you have to make friends with your house. Sit with it, get to know it, it's night sounds, it's day sounds. This idea of the house putting down roots it really sat well with me. It was my favorite part of the novel.I think Emma handles everything thrown at her really well, better than an older child would mainly because she still believes in magic, though she does try to dismiss it. At the same time she's trying to rationalize everything that happens and that she sees, she is carrying around a "storybook" with the stories her mother used to read to her. It's one heck of a book, too because it contains stories from all different mythologies and countries.I had a little trouble with the beginning, I felt it was a little slow to take off, but then things took off and the pacing was steady. This is a good middle grade book, especially for girls. It touches on many things from dealing with the loss of a parent to being bullied, to loneliness. This is the first in the series.I received a review copy of this novel in ebook form for the blog tour. I was not compensated for my review. less

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