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Title: The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury, Joseph Mugnaini ISBN: 0-375-80301-7 Publisher: Yearling Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.7 (27 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The Halloween Tree
Comment: ...
THE HALLOWEEN TREE
BOOK REVIEW
..."A Pumpkin tree," cried out a voice
"No" exclaimed Tom.
The wind blew among the high branches
and tossed their bright burdens, softly.
"A halloween tree" said Tom.
...And he was right.
The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury is a science fiction classic. The fantastic tale takes you on a wonderful and exciting journey through strange and distant lands on an epic search for a frightened and baffled young boy.
Leading the expedition is a mystical character who goes by the name of Mr. Moundshround. His enchanting and mysterious personality is lifted off the pages by Ray Bradbury's poetic and inventive writing style that keeps you wanting more.The book is full of many emotions and feelings that let the characters come alive and make you feel as though a new world has just opened up to you.
The book is filled with frightening passages, powerful illustrations, and breath taking imagery. The Halloween Tree is a must read science fiction book, that most definitely is for everyone.
Rating: 5
Summary: Glowingly ghostly
Comment: In one of his finest works, Ray Bradbury explores the origins of Halloween, the imaginative spirit of youth and the strength of friendship in his quick, breathlessly paced Halloween Tree. The story is simple: on Halloween night, eight trick or treaters set out with a dashingly grim Carapace Clavicle Moundshroud (who may or may not be the grim reaper himself) on a journey across time to learn the secrets of Halloween night, and more importantly to save the soul of their dear friend Pipkin, whom they saw snatched up in front of their eyes by a dark shadow of death and blustered away to who knows where. The boys learn about the strange origins of their favorite holiday, and at the great climax discover a courage and selfless love within themselves they never knew they possessed.
This book is at once a chilling supernatural tale, an interesting lesson in Halloween's beginnings, and a glorious exercise in elegant, soaring prose that is nearly poetry in its dark beauty. Moundshroud is a fascinating tour guide, and the boys are all eager listeners. With the exception of the skeleton boy Tom, none of the children are truly fleshed out characters, but that's perfectly fine for this story. Bradbury seems to want his readers to be Moundshroud's sole audience. Moundshroud leads us across a supernatural dreamscape paved with Bradbury's lush, descriptive words, and we should feel his glowing green eyes upon US. Bradbury knows this, and he delivers us a beautiful story, meant especially and solely for us, the readers. For anyone who loves Halloween, or appreciates a touch of magic in everyday life, this is a perfect book for both adults and children.
When asked whether their night was a trick or a treat, the boys answer 'both!' They are entirely right.
Rating: 4
Summary: Not scary enough
Comment: Although this book was very interesting, I was hoping that there will be more tension, excitement, and suspense while I was reading. This story is about a boy who was captured and taken back in time. His friends were waiting for him in a haunted house, but when they discovered about why Pipkin was vanished, they decide to go with a guy named Moundshroud to save Pipkin and to also learn why and how Halloween started. So as the boys traveled back in time, they kept losing Pipkin and had to travel into another era of time to find him again. There were many events that had happened in this book, but none of them have a lot of suspense in which I was hoping it has. I think this book should've had a better title or cover to fit the story.
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Title:The Halloween Tree ASIN: 6304140738 Publisher: Hanna-Barbera Pub. Date: 19 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $9.94 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $9.94 |
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Title: The October Country by Ray Bradbury, Joe Mugnaini ISBN: 034532448X Publisher: Del Rey Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1993 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury ISBN: 0380729407 Publisher: Eos Pub. Date: 01 March, 1998 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: A Graveyard for Lunatics: Another Tale of Two Cities by Ray Bradbury ISBN: 0380812002 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 26 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Dandelion Wine (Grand Master Editions) by Ray Bradbury ISBN: 0553277537 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 April, 1985 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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