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Deadwood
by
Kell Andrews (Goodreads Author)
There’s something evil in Deadwood Park.
Martin Cruz hates his rotten new town. Then he gets a message from a tree telling him it’s cursed — and so is he. It’s not just any tree. It’s the Spirit Tree, the ancient beech the high school football team carves to commemorate the home opener. And every year they lose.
But the curse is no game, and it gets worse. Businesses fail....more
Martin Cruz hates his rotten new town. Then he gets a message from a tree telling him it’s cursed — and so is he. It’s not just any tree. It’s the Spirit Tree, the ancient beech the high school football team carves to commemorate the home opener. And every year they lose.
But the curse is no game, and it gets worse. Businesses fail....more
Paperback, 250 pages
Published
December 1st 2012
by Pugalicious Press
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Martin Cruz moves to Deadwood (known to most people as Lower Brynwood) to live with his “Aunt” Michelle—actually his mother’s cousin, as she’s quick to tell people—because his mother is deployed to Afghanistan and his grandmother has recently passed away. Still grieving and separated from everything he knows and loves, Martin bonds with a huge old tree that marks the turn-around point when he goes running.
It turns out this tree is the Spirit Tree—before the start of the football season, the team...more
It turns out this tree is the Spirit Tree—before the start of the football season, the team...more
wonderfully written and original middle
grade fantasy that is as much mystery as
anything else. i appreciated the relationships
between friends and family in this book the
most--and how andrews made both the Spirit Tree
and the town the kids lived in characters themselves.
grade fantasy that is as much mystery as
anything else. i appreciated the relationships
between friends and family in this book the
most--and how andrews made both the Spirit Tree
and the town the kids lived in characters themselves.
"*** I received this book for free through Goodreads First Reads ***
** The Giveaway was Listed By Kell **
* I received my copy on Tues Dec 18th, 2012 *
THANK YOU GOODREADS FIRST READS AND Kell! "
** The Giveaway was Listed By Kell **
* I received my copy on Tues Dec 18th, 2012 *
THANK YOU GOODREADS FIRST READS AND Kell! "
best but i did not read kindly furthermore goodest.................
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I enjoyed reading it. I recommend it. I got this book through Goodreads First Reads.
The pace of this book picks up to breakneck speed. The second half was a one-sitting reading session. In this fun and fast-paced fantasy, Kell accurately captures the cadence and content of the middle school protagonists' relationships with their family and friends. The descriptions of the Spirit Tree create a vivid visualization of its crackling energy. I'm giving this to every middle grade kid I know.
Deadwood Park is a really fun MG book. It's a page turning mystery with a really cool fantasy idea woven in. Perfect for the modern day MG reader. It's twists and turns kept me turning the pages and wondering exactly how it was all going to end up!
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