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Binding: Hardcover
EAN: 9780060530921
ISBN: 0060530928
Label: HarperCollins
Manufacturer: HarperCollins
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 320
Publication Date: October 01, 2008
Publisher: HarperCollins
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Release Date: September 30, 2008
Sales Rank: 74
Studio: HarperCollins
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Nobody Owens, known to his friends as Bod, is a normal boy.
He would be completely normal if he didn't live in a sprawling graveyard, being raised and educated by ghosts, with a solitary guardian who belongs to neither the world of the living nor of the dead.
There are dangers and adventures in the graveyard for a boy-an ancient Indigo Man beneath the hill, a gateway to a desert leading to an abandoned city of ghouls, the strange and terrible menace of the Sleer.
But if Bod leaves the graveyard, then he will come under attack from the man Jack—who has already killed Bod's family. . . .
Beloved master storyteller Neil Gaiman returns with a luminous new novel for the audience that embraced his New York Times bestselling modern classic coraline. Magical, terrifying, and filled with breathtaking adventures, the graveyard book is sure to enthrall readers of all ages.
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There are few writers out there today who have the ability to keep me totally spellbound. David Almond, for sure. A handful of adult novelists. One author who gets my undivided attention every time with his mastery of language and devotion to limitless imagination is Neil Gaiman. Whether he's writing graphic novels, short stories, sci-fi novels or fiction for young adults, he always brings his "A" game to the table. His most recent work, THE GRAVEYARD BOOK, takes his standard "A" game to a whole ... Read More
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Neil Gaiman writes with a light touch, tenderly drawing back the curtains on his stories. "The Graveyard Book" is an eerie tale of a boy who grows up in a graveyard, but the eerieness is not where you would expect it to be. His adoptive ghostly parents and the other residents of graveyard are normal to the boy. Outside the graveyard (both in the world of the living and in the supernatural world), though, the adventures are frightening. The boy tackles these adventures, as well as his own advancement ... Read More
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There is a moment in Gaiman's opus Sandman which stands out to this day. As punishment to a writer, a power curses him with an endless flow of ideas which he can neither control nor even pause to write (the two that I remember were about a "were-goldfish" and a man who inherits a library card to the great library at Alexandria). What stood out was how each of the ideas was intriguing as it was bizarre. Reading the Grave Yard Book I am reminded of the question that occurred to me at the time - how close ... Read More
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I find it fascinating that so many reviewers think that darkness and grim plot devices are anything new in children's literature. L. Frank Baum, who gave us The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 100th Anniversary Edition (Books of Wonder), was especially fond of decapitations, and no one can say that the Brothers Grimm shied away from blood or gore in telling their "happily-ever-after" ditties.
But a well-told story is not as common as a merely scary one -- and the story of Nobody Owens, raised by ghosts ... Read More
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Reviewed by Neha N. Kashmiri (age 14) for Reader Views (11/08)
Nobody Owens, or as his friends call him, Bod, was raised by ghosts. When he was a toddler a man named Jack killed his parents and sister. He was found by a kindly ghost named Mrs. Owens. Ever since then, Bod has grown up with the Freedom of the Graveyard, though he doesn't grow up like most children. He is easy to miss, and learns the way of ghosts rather than living people. He has his guardian Silas, who is not quite a ghost but ... Read More
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