Is it sad that I read this a scant two months ago and can barely remember what it's about, nor any of the main characters? (Evil Trees, right? Ah, though there was the cute little double-entendre of Kasia herself having been uprooted to live with Sarkan - that's right.) Did I just rate it a four b/c I've found so few decent YA-fantasies lately? The Harry Potter boom has certainly given a boost to the genre, but at the cost of allowing a multitude of mediocre or under-cooked stories to be published. (Am looking at YOU Frostfire.) 
 Not that this is exactly one of them. I think in the end Uprooted strives to something higher and more thought-provoking than the average teen pop-fantasy, but somehow I was relieved when it ended and don't feel particularly called to re-read it. Perhaps could have done with a bit more editing; the story sprawls and rambles a bit. Battle scenes are too long to be sustained. But the love interest is more believable than some, so maybe I'll revisit at some point.