![]() ![]() It has both the treat and the trick of Halloween blended together in the candy skulls that the boys eat. The Mexican feast is as much a celebration as a shiver. ![]() The arc from pre-historic fear of the dark and ancient Egyptian fear of the sun's death to the modern celebrations of the Day of the Dead show a slow, gradual maturing of humanity's relationship to fear, death, and darkness. ![]() The adventure through time and over the earth is just as delightful as when I read this story in my pre-teens.Īs an adult, I find an even deeper appreciation of it. He evokes the boy-like wonder of exploring pyramids and climbing Gothic cathedrals. Each place brings out new ideas and images of how humans have celebrated Halloween throughout the years, even before there was a proper Halloween.īradbury's lively, poetic prose is as enchanting as ever. Each visit brings them close to Pipkin but not close enough. ![]() He takes them on a journey through time from the pre-historic dawn of man to the Mexican Day of the Dead. Moundshroud, who wants to give them both a trick and a treat for Halloween. Around back is a gigantic tree with hundreds of candles and pumpkins decorating it. Maybe he'll meet them at the house? The house is tall, gabled, brimmed with railings and lightning rods and chimneys. Pipkin, the boy who found the house and is their favorite, is missing. Their big problem-they are supposed to be nine boys. Eight mid-western boys head out on a great Halloween adventure: to visit an old (and presumably haunted) house on the outskirts of town. ![]()
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