Publisher's Synopsis
"Phantasmagorical - that is the only word I know to describe the story I'm about to tell you. In fact, if the word 'phantasmagorical' didn't exist, I would have had to invent it to describe what happened to me and my friend Benji Ambrose." Growing up in Beaufort in the shade of many trees, Daniel Dubow is a self-described pudgy nerd with a runny nose and freckles. He and his best friend Benji Ambrose spend their time perfecting magic tricks and wondering about life and rambling around the historic city. One day while communing with a giant hackberry tree by the Tabernacle Church, the bumpy-barked tree announces, "Now the journey begins," and hands them a key with instructions that sends them forth to adventure. They meet the ghost of Robert Smalls, commune with more trees, foil kidnappers, and try to make sense of the complicated world of adults. Full color edition with six paintings by the author.
