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The Graveyard Book
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The Graveyard Book

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When a baby escapes a murderer intent on killing the entire family, who would have thought it would find safety and security in the local graveyard? Brought up by the resident ghosts, ghouls and spectres, Bod has an eccentric childhood learning about life from the dead. But for Bod there is also the danger of the murderer still looking for him - after all, he is the last remaining member of the family. A stunningly original novel deftly constructed over eight chapters, featuring every second year of Bod's life, from babyhood to adolescence. Will Bod survive to be a man?
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Product details

  • 12-17
  • Paperback | 304 pages
  • 129 x 198 x 23mm | 220g
  • London, United Kingdom
  • English
  • Children's ed
  • w. ill. by Chris Riddell.
  • 0747594805
  • 9780747594802
  • 4,168
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'Thrilling, elegant and joyously macabre. You will love it to death' Holly Black, author of The Spiderwick Chronicles 'One of the joys of reading Gaiman is how he subverts our expectations of magic, horror, fantasy and the mundane' The Times 'This brief, dark, savoury adventure deserves to become a modern classic of children's writing' Independent on Sunday 'Suspenseful, well-told and touching' The Sunday Times
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About Neil Gaiman

Neil Gaiman is the multi-award-winning and bestselling author of Coraline and Stardust, both of which are major motion films. Neil also writes screenplays for other people's films as well as books for adults and picture books for younger readers. Neil is British and lives in the USA. He travels extensively promoting his books.
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Rating details

456,377 ratings
4.13 out of 5 stars
5 42% (191,760)
4 36% (166,482)
3 16% (71,853)
2 4% (17,545)
1 2% (8,737)

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Very original. A totally absorbing read. Neil Gaiman creates a brilliant world with interesting characters and sinister villains. If you want to read anything by Neil Gaiman read this book. I cannot recommend highly enough.show more
by steve sabine
Reading Gaiman's story about Nobody Owens, I felt transported to my childhood nightmares, and I was compelled to believe in magical creatures again. It's an absorbing, thrilling, heart-warming story.show more
by Nuria Ortiz
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