Binding: Hardcover
EAN: 9780060530921
ISBN: 0060530928
Label: HarperCollins
Manufacturer: HarperCollins
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 320
Publication Date: October 01, 2008
Publisher: HarperCollins
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Release Date: September 30, 2008
Studio: HarperCollins

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Editorial Review:

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 Jack—who 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.






Rating: - Delightful, but not everything it could be
I had high expectations for this book, and it mostly met them. A cast of ghosts and undead care for a living boy, in a takeoff on The Jungle Books gone macabre. It's a brilliant premise.

Our hero Bod (short for "Nobody") is an immensely likable character. Even more likable is his guardian, Silas. More than once in the novel, Bod has the urge to hug Silas and comfort him, but senses that one just doesn't hug someone so formal, even if you love them. Their relationship is touching. ... Read More

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Rating: - Orion isn't up in the summer.
While I enjoyed this twist on a ghost story a lot, I have one really big pet peeve. Gaiman has Bod pointing out the constellation Orion at midnight in the middle of summer. The constellation Orion is not visible in the summer sky. It's behind the sun in the summer. Neil Gaiman (and J.K. Rowling) are guilty of not doing the simplest of research to find out what constellations are visible at the time of year (and time of night) that they are writing about. Any 10 year old amateur astronomer could ... Read More

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Rating: - Expands on the story about Bod from Gaiman's "M is for Magic"
When I heard that Gaiman was releasing another book I was very excited and I am happy to say that this book met all of my expectations. Gaiman is such an excellent storyteller.

This book expands on one of the short stories in "M is for Magic" by Neil Gaiman. In that story we meet Bod, a boy who lives in a graveyard. This book tells about how Bod got there and of the adventures he had there. You learn more about the mysterious Jack too! In fact I believe chapter 4 or 5 of The Graveyard ... Read More

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Rating: - The Best Young-Adult Fiction I Have Ever Read
I have a love/hate relationship with Neil Gaiman: the man is capable of some truly incredible works, and some really middling ones as well. Without lumping any of his works into either of these camps, let me say that The Graveyard Book is undoubtedly one of his best. The premise is inventive: a family is killed except for their infant son, who escapes from the killer and wanders into a nearby graveyard. He is taken in by the ghosts, and is raised as the living son of a community of the dead.
If this ... Read More

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Rating: - Enjoyable
For a kid's book this is a lot of fun in a gothy way! But it is quite short and not very frightening. I was left kind of disappointed with a "that's all there is?" feeling. There were definitely characters and plots that I would have like to see developed at greater length. But if you are a fan you will probably love it.

If you are new to Neil Gaiman, you may want to try American Gods, Anansi Boys, Neverwhere or Stardust instead.

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