# It Came from the Trees

**Author:** Ally Russell
**Grade range:** Grades 3–6
**Age range:** 8–12
**First published:** 2024
**Page count:** 241
**Genre:** Horror
**ISBN-13:** `9780593646991`
**ISBN-10:** `0593646991`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/it-came-from-the-trees
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

When her best friend is snatched by a creature in the woods, Jenna must face the forest — and the thing living in it — to get her back. Ally Russell's eerie middle-grade horror blends friendship and fear. Selected for the 2025-2026 Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List (grades 3-6), chosen annually by the Texas Library Association.

## Themes

- friendship
- courage
- fear

## Content notes

- scary scenes
- peril

## Where this book is assigned

### Texas Bluebonnet Award

- **recommended** · 3rd grade · Texas — [source: 2025-2026 Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List (Texas Library Association)](https://txla.org/news/2025-2026-texas-bluebonnet-award-list-released/)
- **recommended** · 4th grade · Texas — [source: 2025-2026 Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List (Texas Library Association)](https://txla.org/news/2025-2026-texas-bluebonnet-award-list-released/)
- **recommended** · 5th grade · Texas — [source: 2025-2026 Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List (Texas Library Association)](https://txla.org/news/2025-2026-texas-bluebonnet-award-list-released/)
- **recommended** · 6th grade · Texas — [source: 2025-2026 Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List (Texas Library Association)](https://txla.org/news/2025-2026-texas-bluebonnet-award-list-released/)

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