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The Halloween Tree - Community Reviews back

by Ray Bradbury
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Peace, Love & Books
Peace, Love & Books rated it 15 years ago
Read it again after many years and thoroughly enjoyed it.
TheBecks
TheBecks rated it 16 years ago
The Halloween Tree is both a celebration of Halloween and a simplified crash-course on its origins and history. It also pays homage to friendship and loyalty among boys. Through the eyes of 8 boys, we go on a magical journey with the mysterious Mr. Moundshroud and experience 8 different Halloweens, ...
Booklog
Booklog rated it 16 years ago
A kid's story if there ever was one, but it certainly appeals to the child in all of us. Bradbury manages to capture the very essence and feeling of the Halloween months for children in a spooky tale of friendship and sacrifice. While the history itself may be flawed, the sentiment is not, and the...
FriedEgg
FriedEgg rated it 16 years ago
A dark journey exploring the origins of halloween.// Notes on second reading (Oct 2011):This time I read it aloud to my daughter at bedtimes and doing so brought the lyrical prose style alive and so I've revised up my rating slightly. Although by the end it started to get a bit much and my dauther o...
Kaethe
Kaethe rated it 37 years ago
Picked up from a Halloween display of all things, in a bookstore. Way too creepy for children. Well, except the children I know, all of whom love creepy.
kindleaholic
kindleaholic rated it 38 years ago
This might have been the first book I ever read where I felt a deep personal connection - a feeling that someone else somewhere had been dealt the same problems I had. A sense of camaraderie, all from the fictional characters in a book.The theme of kids dealing with, battling with, the impending dea...
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