The Graveyard Book - Neil Gaiman

In his Newbery Medal-winning novel, Gaiman introduces Bod, a boy who is the only living resident of a graveyard. Can a boy raised by ghosts face the wonders and terrors of the worlds of both the living and the dead? Illustrations.

n nThe 10th anniversary edition of The Graveyard Book includes a foreword by Margaret Atwood as well as sketches from the illustrator, handwritten drafts, and Neil Gaiman's Newbery acceptance speech.n n n nIT TAKES A GRAVEYARD TO RAISE A CHILD.n nNobody Owens, known as Bod, is a normal boy. He would be completely normal if he didn't live in a graveyard, being raised by ghosts, with a guardian who belongs to neither the world of the living nor the dead. There are adventures in the graveyard for a boy--an ancient Indigo Man, a gateway to the abandoned city of ghouls, the strange and terrible Sleer.

But if Bod leaves the graveyard, he will be in danger from the man Jack--who has already killed Bod's family.n nThe Graveyard Book, a modern classic, is the only work ever to win both the Newbery (US) and Carnegie (UK) medals.n