The Halloween Tree
Readers rate it 3.6 (146 on Hardcover)
160 pages · Released Sep 7, 1999 · Yearling
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The Halloween Tree is a classic, atmospheric time-travel adventure that uses Halloween and historical settings to explore themes of friendship and sacrifice. While the tone is deliberately eerie with some mildly frightening imagery (haunted houses, dark atmospheres, historical scenes of persecution), there is no graphic violence or inappropriate content. The story rewards courage, loyalty, and selflessness as the boys sacrifice for their friend, making it suitable for middle-grade readers who enjoy mild fantasy-horror.
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From the publisher
"A fast-moving, eerie...tale set on Halloween night. Eight costumed boys running to meet their friend Pipkin at the haunted house outside town encounter instead the huge and cadaverous Mr. Moundshroud. As Pipkin scrambles to join them, he is swept away by a dark Something, and Moundshroud leads the boys on the tail of... "A fast-moving, eerie...tale set on Halloween night. Eight costumed boys running to meet their friend Pipkin at the haunted house outside town encounter instead the huge and cadaverous Mr. Moundshroud. As Pipkin scrambles to join them, he is swept away by a dark Something, and Moundshroud leads the boys on the tail of a kite through time and space to search the past for their friend and the meaning of Halloween. After witnessing a funeral procession in ancient Egypt, cavemen discovering fire, Druid rites, the persecution of witches in the Dark Ages, and the gargoyles of Notre Dame, they catch up with the elusive Pipkin in the catacombs of Mexico, where each boy gives one year from the end of his life to save Pipkin's. Enhanced by appropriately haunting black-and-white drawings."--Booklist
Shelved under
- Children's stories
- Fiction
- Halloween
- Time travel
- Juvenile fiction
- Space and time
- Drama
- Juvenile films
- Children's fiction
- Horror tales
- Horror stories
- Halloween, fiction
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ISBN 9780375803017 · Yearling