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The Graveyard Book
The Graveyard Book
The Graveyard Book
Margaret Atwood, Dave McKean, Neil Gaiman
The 10th anniversary edition of The Graveyard Book includes a foreword by Margaret Atwood as well as sketches from the illustrator, handwritten drafts, and Neil Gaiman’s Newbery acceptance speech.IT TAKES A GRAVEYARD TO RAISE A CHILD.Nobody Owens, known as Bod, is a normal boy. He would be completely normal if he didn’t live in a graveyard, being raised by ghosts, with a guardian who belongs to neither the world of the living nor the dead. There are adventures in the graveyard for a boy—an ancient Indigo Man, a gateway to the abandoned city of ghouls, the strange and terrible Sleer. But if Bod leaves the graveyard, he will be in danger from the man Jack—who has already killed Bod’s family.The Graveyard Book, a modern classic, is the only work ever to win both the Newbery (US) and Carnegie (UK) medals.
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Genre: 

  • Fantasy

Age Level: 

  • 12 and up
The Graveyard Book review by ALue
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The Graveyard Book is the story of Nobody Owens' upbringing in a cemetery after the tragic murder of his family. Bod (short for Nobody), is welcomed by the inhabitants of the graveyard in an attempt to protect Bod from the man Jack, the assassin who killed his family. Bod's new guardians show him the ways of the graveyard along with the many secrets and legends it holds. Bod encounters ghouls, witches, and other creatures of the graveyard throughout his bizarre upbringing.

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