Not a fanI mean, this is a children's book. I mean, it's like middle grade. Like, I would give this to a second or a third grader and it's winning an adult Hugo award.
The Graveyard Book (2008)
Others: Mostly positive Bod is an unusual boy who inhabits an unusual place—he's the only living resident of a graveyard. Raised from infancy by the ghosts, werewolves, and other cemetery denizens, Bod has learned the antiquated customs of his guardians' time as well as their ghostly teachings—such as the ability to Fade so mere mortals cannot see him. Can a boy raised by ghosts face the wonders and terrors of the worlds of both the living and the dead? The Graveyard Book is the winner of the Newbery Medal, the Carnegie Medal, the Hugo Award for best novel, the Locus Award for Young Adult novel, the American Bookseller Association’s “Best Indie Young Adult Buzz Book,” a Horn Book Honor, and Audio Book of the Year.
- ISBN:
- 9780060530945
- Length:
- 312 pages
Genres: fantasy, horror, young adult
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Loved itit is such a good book it's such a sweet story and i think it's one that you can appreciate it is technically a middle grade but i think it's one that you can appreciate no matter how old you are
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Loved itthe graveyard book by Neil Gaiman you guys know I adore Neil Gaiman he's one of my favorite writers and the graveyard book did not disappoint me it is creepy and beautiful and whimsical and his writing is as magical as always even though it is a children's book which I don't normally read I still really enjoyed it