![]() ![]() Dave McKean’s black and white illustrations add to the allure of the text.Īll readers will enjoy this tale of a strange world. Gaiman employs his traditional dry British wit, making this an adventurous read for young and old. In this tale for older middle school readers Gaiman creates a fantastic world in which you never know what Bod is going to discover next. While learning the mysteries of living between the world of the dead and the living, Bod tries to find out what happened to his parents, and if their killer is still looking for him. In The Graveyard Book by fantasy author Neil Gaiman, young Bod is raised by a community of ghosts after his parents are murdered by a secret society. The boy, having escaped his crib earlier that evening, makes his way up the hill and into. ![]() When he reaches the baby’s crib he finds a stuffed teddy bear in the boy’s place. His final target is a baby boy whose room is at the top of the family home. He does all this from the comfort of his own yard, or graveyard, as the case may be. One night, a man called Jack murders a mother, a father, and a daughter. Nobody Owens has an interesting routine: he takes lessons from werewolves, talks to ghosts and runs from ghouls. Publisher: HarperCollins Later printing edition (September 30, 2008) By Neil Gaiman (author), Dave McKean (illustrator) ![]()
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