A review by trippalli
The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury

adventurous informative lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

A fun adventure starts with trick or treating Halloween night and a poetic dance through the night, yet one of the 9 kids is sick. They all love this boy and he yells them to meet him at the spooky house on the hill and they agree, after trick or treating they get there and meet a spooky old man in the house behind a Marley spirit knocker.. This gentleman naturally takes them through time and places like a little treehouse just adventure they visit all kinds ofthe historic Halloween places and history and art each they find their sick friends Pippin... They do more and more daring thinks in their efforts to save Pippin.. They learn the history of their costumes.. The mummy takes them to Egypt and the funeral of a12 year old Tutenkamen the skeleton takes them to Mexico and Dia delos Murrtos and cookies on plates for the people and spirits to share, the Witches to Europe and pagan roots and the narrator speaks of how witches are still in every town, a wise person, as witch means wit of each town, and then to the gargoyles of Notre Dame, and so on until they return home to see if they saved their friendsPippin, who they saw in the hospital during their adventures tohear of they saved him with their adventures and hear the bells of midnight on Halloween night.