THE GRAVEYARD BOOK By Neil Gaiman
THE GRAVEYARD BOOK by Niel Gaiman Review (4 out of 5 Stars) The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman Release Date: September 30, 2008 Publisher: HarperCollins Pages:320 Buy on Amazon This week I read the highly acclaimed Newberry award-winning, The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman. Gaiman is known for several popular young adult books, including Coraline, which was adapted into a movie. The Graveyard Book tells the story of a young boy, Nobody Owens. Nobody, or “Bod” as he is affectionately called, is a human boy that lives in a graveyard and is raised by ghosts. Nobody was orphaned as a toddler when the evil “The man Jack” murders his entire family. The ghosts discovered the child and decided to raise and protect him. Although the murdering of an entire family may sound like a dark way to begin a children’s book, I think Gaiman did a good job of relating [...]
