
Monster Tree
Sarah Allen(Author)
Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc (Publisher)
Published on 14. October 2024
Book
Hardback
272 pages
978-0-374-39097-6 (ISBN)
Description
Something evil is growing . . .
Linus used to be an artist, like his dad. Now his father is gone, and Linus's mum has moved them to the other side of the city, hoping for a fresh start. Maybe, for the first time since losing Dad, Linus will even start drawing again.
But there's something unusual about their neighbor Maude, and something wrong with the grotesque tree in her backyard. At night Linus sees it moving, changing, growing. When increasingly bizarre events plague the neighbourhood - massive claw marks appearing on doors and cars, pets going missing, sightings of a red-eyed creature - he suspects Maude and her tree are to blame.
With his neighbourhood under threat, Linus teams up with his goofy best friend, Spencer, and no-nonsense new girl Abby to unearth whatever sinister seeds have been planted next door . . . where something truly monstrous is just taking root.
Linus used to be an artist, like his dad. Now his father is gone, and Linus's mum has moved them to the other side of the city, hoping for a fresh start. Maybe, for the first time since losing Dad, Linus will even start drawing again.
But there's something unusual about their neighbor Maude, and something wrong with the grotesque tree in her backyard. At night Linus sees it moving, changing, growing. When increasingly bizarre events plague the neighbourhood - massive claw marks appearing on doors and cars, pets going missing, sightings of a red-eyed creature - he suspects Maude and her tree are to blame.
With his neighbourhood under threat, Linus teams up with his goofy best friend, Spencer, and no-nonsense new girl Abby to unearth whatever sinister seeds have been planted next door . . . where something truly monstrous is just taking root.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 10 years
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 196 mm
Width: 130 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
340 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-374-39097-6 (9780374390976)
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Sarah Allen is the author of the middle grade novels What Stars Are Made Of, Breathing Underwater, and The Nightmare House. Born and raised in Utah, she received an MFA in creative writing from Brigham Young University, and now calls the Midwest home. She spends her non-writing time watching David Attenborough documentaries and blasting show-tunes. Find her online @sarahallenbooks.