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The Halloween Tree
Contributor(s): Bradbury, Ray (Author), Mugnaini, Joseph (Illustrator)

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ISBN: 0375803017     ISBN-13: 9780375803017
Publisher: Yearling Books
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: September 1999
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Annotation: "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
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy & Magic
- Juvenile Fiction | Holidays & Celebrations - Halloween
- Juvenile Fiction | Horror
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 7202433
Age Level: 8-12
Grade Level: 3-7
Lexile Measure: 800(Not Available)
Physical Information: 0.41" H x 5.22" W x 7.58" L (0.25 lbs) 160 pages
Themes:
- Holiday - Halloween
Features: Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product
Review Citations: Entertainment Weekly 06/22/2012 pg. 23
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 56490
Reading Level: 4.7   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 4.0
 
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Publisher Description:
Make storytime a little spookier this fall with fantasy master Ray Bradbury as he takes readers on a riveting trip though space and time to discover the true origins of Halloween.

Join the shadowy Carapace Clavicle Moundshroud as he takes eight trick-or-treaters on an unforgettable journey to find their missing friend, Pip. Travel through space and time, from the tombs of ancient Egypt to the gargoyles of Notre-Dame Cathedral, all the way to the cemeteries of Mexico on el D a de Los Muertos, the Day of the Dead. Is Pip still alive? And if so, can his friends save him from a ghastly fate before it's too late?

If you want to know what Halloween is, or if you simply want an eerie adventure, take this mystery history trip. You couldn't ask for better than master fantasizer Ray Bradbury. --The Boston Globe

 
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