| The Graveyard Book |  | Authors: Gaiman, Neil, McKean, Dave
Publisher: HarperCollins e-books
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Rating:  393 reviews
Sales Rank: 976
Format: Kindle Book
Media: Kindle Edition
Reading Level: All Ages
Pages: 320
Number Of Items: 1
ASIN: B0011UJM48
Publication Date: September 18, 2008
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Amazon.com Review
In The Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman has created a charming allegory of childhood. Although the book opens with a scary scene--a family is stabbed to death by "a man named Jackâ --the story quickly moves into more child-friendly storytelling. The sole survivor of the attack--an 18-month-old baby--escapes his crib and his house, and toddles to a nearby graveyard. Quickly recognizing that the baby is orphaned, the graveyard's ghostly residents adopt him, name him Nobody ("Bod"), and allow him to live in their tomb. Taking inspiration from Kiplingâs The Jungle Book, Gaiman describes how the toddler navigates among the headstones, asking a lot of questions and picking up the tricks of the living and the dead. In serial-like episodes, the story follows Bod's progress as he grows from baby to teen, learning lifeâs lessons amid a cadre of the long-dead, ghouls, witches, intermittent human interlopers. A pallid, nocturnal guardian named Silas ensures that Bod receives food, books, and anything else he might need from the human world. Whenever the boy strays from his usual play among the headstones, he finds new dangers, learns his limitations and strengths, and acquires the skills he needs to survive within the confines of the graveyard and in wider world beyond. (ages 10 and up) -âHeidi Broadhead
Product Description
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 Jackâwho 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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 Great Read July 29, 2010
Michael Huang (Mountain View, CA)
I purchased the Kindle version of this book mainly to see how it looked on my Kindle DX and on my iPhone. I already own a dead-tree version of the book, so it was interesting to note the differences.
The Kindle version uses a completely different font face, and the pictures are highly scaled down from the original full-page illustrations.
The book itself is about a boy named Nobody, who happens to live in a graveyard, and is taken care of by the various ghosts who reside in the graveyard. It's a fun read, and a great page-turner.
Fantastic book...but read it before you give it to your kid. July 26, 2010
iamdnl
This is one of the best books I have read in a very long time. It is a page-turner, yes, but it is also filled with beautiful lessons and makes you want to live Life to the fullest when you are done reading it. It also ended in that perfect way where not all loose ends are tied up in a bow, it still leaves much to the imagination yet everything is resolved to the point that the readier is satisfied.
That said, it may or may not be a good book to get for your child. Some children, especially younger advanced readers, may be more sensitive to the murders and evil people portrayed in the book. There is, however, no violence or gore to speak of. It's just a matter of knowing your child and knowing what they will enjoy and what will just freak them out. All in all, though, it is a fantastic book!
A Great Book July 23, 2010
Mario Jarrin (MA)
There is not much to add to other reviews except that I am another person who thought the book was fantastic. A strange tale of growing up and fatherhood. Highly recommended.
 Entertaining and Easy To Read July 19, 2010
Brian Tucker
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It was easy to read. It had a good plot that kept me interested in continuing to read it. I enjoyed some of Gaiman's other books more, but this was fun to read.
very imaginitive and unique July 17, 2010
Bookman (mississippisssiippi)
i liked this story because it read...like a story. almost a "once upon at time" sort of thing. it's a very unique idea, and i haven't read anything like it before. characters were likeable. it s was good from start to finish.
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