By Neil Gaiman
ISBN-13: 978-0060530921
“There was a hand in the darkness, and it held a knife.”
And so begins the story of Nobody Owens, also known as Bod. On this same night, his family is brutally murdered. 2 year-old Bod calmly climbs out of his crib and strolls out of his house into a nearby cemetery. He is adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Owens (childless and dead for 250 years!) who care for the child and protect him from harm. With loving ghostly parents, teachers, friends, and protectors, Bod grows from age two to fifteen in the graveyard. He learns to read and do numbers, and he also learns some ghostly skills. But not all the residents of the graveyard are friendly. There are witches, ghouls and creatures, and let’s not forget Jack – the fiend who is out to finish the job he started.
Filled with whimsical illustrations that help set the tone of the story, this is a fun, exciting and suspenseful story. How will Bod survive, or will he? Can his loving family and friends really protect him from the evil man Jack? Check out my GLOG on The Graveyard Book
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