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The Graveyard Book
Neil Gaiman · 2008 · 313 pages
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.
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R.F. Kuang
“I loved Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book so much I actually copied out whole pages from the book and stapled them to my wall so I could read them over and over. It’s utterly transportive. When I was reading it I could really feel the chill of the graveyard and the whispers of the ghosts. It was one of the first books that made me really feel the sheer power of good storytelling. It takes you body and soul to a completely different world. I read it again earlier this year and it really holds up – it was just as magical to read as an adult.”↗
Felicity Hannah
“@tanyadrhodes I love the Graveyard Book and all @neilhimself - will have to look at what might work for younger children - thanks!”↗
Zoe Keating
“@neilhimself This is so nuts!! It’s a beloved book in this house”↗
Meghan Camarena
“While I was walking to the gym I finished the last chapter of The Graveyard Book by @neilhimself. I must’ve looked like a mad woman because I was balling my eyes out in public. Damn, what an incredible story.”↗
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