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School Library Journal
Reviewed on November 1, 2010
Gr 5–8—In this tightly plotted suspense novel, Teddy meets several other 12-year-old boys in his new town, but there's something eerie about each one. Eventually he realizes that every kid died years ago under mysterious circumstances and that he may be the next target. The evil force behind their demise is a sentient sycamore tree with powers derived from nuclear waste, a kind of wild premise that actually makes for an ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Junior Library Guild
Reviewed on September 1, 2010
- The premise of a tree consuming twelve-year-old boys because it was mutated by exposure to waste from a nearby nuclear plant is unusual and creepy, yet surpris...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
