The Halloween Tree

3.8 avg 40055 votes

About this book

"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

3.8 ★★★★☆ average of 4 sources · 40055 votes
Open Library 3.7 12
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Goodreads 3.8 40055
Apple Books 4.5 70
Hardcover 3.6 144

Reader Profile

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3.8/5 · 40055 readers · 173 pages · ≈ 3 h 12 m · Light

How long does it take to read The Halloween Tree?

About ≈ 3 h 12 m — 173 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.Typical novel≈ 5 h 56 mThe Halloween Tree~3 h 12 m

How many pages is The Halloween Tree?

173 pages in its most-read edition.Typical novel320The Halloween Tree173

What genre is The Halloween Tree?

It sits on the Drama, Horror, Fiction shelves.

Is The Halloween Tree in the public domain?

No — it is still under copyright.

Who wrote The Halloween Tree?

Ray Bradbury.

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