A fantastic tale, told by a story-teller just as skilled as the ones in his book. 
 I enjoyed the fast-passed nature of this story. I also was impressed with the fact that I didn't know where it was going at any one time. The plot twisted just enough. I my opinion, there were mysteries of the tree that weren't fully explained, but I'm okay with that. I don't need tight little story packages like others seem to. 
 This would be a great book for all of those kids asking for scary books!