The Graveyard Book

By Neil Gaiman

The Graveyard Book - Neil Gaiman
  • Release Date: 2009-10-06
  • Genre: Fantasy for Kids
Score: 4.5
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Description

Neil Gaiman's perennial favorite, The Graveyard Book, has sold more than one million copies and is the only novel to win both the Newbery Medal and the Carnegie Medal. 

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. Don't miss this modern classic—whether shared as a read-aloud or read independently, it's sure to appeal to readers ages 8 and up.

Reviews

  • The Story of a Boy Who Grows Up in a Graveyard

    5
    By Prairie_Dog
    “The Graveyard Book” is a 2008 novel “for all ages” written by Neil “Gaiman. My e-book also had great cover art and Illustrations by Dave McKean. This book tells the story of Nobody Owens or “Bod” for short. His parents and sister were ritually murdered when he was a toddler, but luckily he escaped and ended up in an old graveyard at the top of a hill. The ghosts of the dead took him in, and along with his undead protector, Silas, they began to raise him. This is a great fantasy, that does have its dark aspects. However, overall it is positive and uplifting. Each chapter tells a different story at a different stage in Bod’s life. There is the time he discovers the ancient burial mound beneath the tombs. And there is the time he goes through the Ghoul Gate and has to be rescued. Later, he becomes a teenager and deals with the issues that brings. The stories are so intertwined that they have more cohesion than a collection. It reminds me of the older “fix up” novels that were serialized in magazines before being combined into one book. This is a powerful book that will draw the reader in and touch one’s emotions. I think that it will be very difficult to read the last chapter without being moved.
  • This man is my new favorite author!!

    4
    By Raelljazzmine
    This is the second book I’ve read of Neil Gaiman’s after Coraline. And I thought this would bring some sparks and spooks than it did with Coraline but this had a whole new sets of world-buildings and main focus of the graveyard. I mean this book gave me the feels of Alice In Wonderland vibes! Anyways pretty good, a smooth quick read 🩶🩶
  • my first and I am hooked

    5
    By Big Max 1
    this was my first NG book from years back, and since then I have just been mesmerized and haunted by his storytelling and his unique take on religion. such amazing amazing talent.
  • Noice again

    5
    By ioffendpurepleshp
    As great as the audio book
  • A great coming of age tale for all

    5
    By corvii
    It’s a book that leaves you with wisps and wonders, and will haunt you for a good rest of your life, and after. I wish I had read it as a young teen, but am happy I read it at a good mid twenty all the same. I also wish I had better words for it, but it’s much more of an experience than I can describe. Nob is a bit of all of us, and none of us at all. It’s captures the fleeting but foreverness of life in such a beautiful way. As was said deep in these pages, I can come back, but it will be a place, not a home.
  • Amazing

    5
    By bobl92
    One of the best books I have ever read
  • amazing

    5
    By lovin bby pluto 🌎☄️💕
    one of the most interesting books i’ve ever read
  • Great for all ages!

    5
    By Jon-NC
    My daughter picked this book up at a school book fair, and she didn't get through it, but I found it on the shelf and thought it was interesting. Inside I found what has become one of my favorite stories of all time. I love this book. There are some great lessons to be found within the pages of this story. There are some wonderful moments. Some heartfelt. Some scary. Some just pure entertaining. A great great for people of any age!
  • What a great read

    5
    By Jacob Barker
    I love this book. What an interesting concept. Everything I’ve read by this author is amazing.
  • Impressively Good

    4
    By CALIFORNIA22333
    This book was so scary and horrible it gave the willies. In a good way 👍
  • The Graveyard Book

    5
    By Pauley D
    Wonderful fantasy. Dark, funny, thrilling.
  • Extremely Perfecto.

    5
    By Wolfie Howl
    It was a very nice and interesting book. All the chapters wanted to make you read more and more. I highly suggest you get this book and read it yourself if you like adventure and ghosts!
  • Awesome!!

    5
    By Doodlez13
    My favorite book
  • Yearly Read

    5
    By Ashley Zavislak
    Read it once a year around Halloween. It’s a classic to me.
  • Hauntingly Good

    5
    By The Literary Phoenix
    I quite liked this book. I go back and forth a lot on Neil Gaiman. I like his ideas, but not always his writing, and sometimes his characters are grand, but sometimes not. I adore Stardust, for example, but could never really get into American Gods. The Ocean at the End of the Lane lies somewhere in the middle. But I LOVED The Graveyard Book. Bod is a perfectly likable character. He is sweet and endearing, while also being very prone to trouble and doing the very opposite of what he has been told. I liked Sylas. I liked Liza Hempstock. I love the fact that there are three different books with the Hempstock women in them, and I like how that ultimately plays into the story from The Ocean at the End of the Lane. I like that Bod is always genuinely apologetic. I like the world that Gaiman builds. It is just one step over the line from ordinary to curious. He's very good at the aspect of "just beyond". Just beyond the gate, just beyond the wall, just down the lane... there is a world of magic. All in all, this is an excellent book. The ending is sweet and sad, and I won't give it away - you'll just have to read for yourself.
  • lol

    1
    By SilverCreation
    sah dood
  • Pop

    3
    By Mohel disposition
    I like book it be gooood
  • Great book

    5
    By Njgggv
    This must be one of my favorite books I've read this year. This book tells a good tale about a young child that grew up in a grave yard learning to do and see things only ghosts are supposed to do. I think every one who likes action and adventure and murder mystery books will love this book.
  • Great for adults... Not for kids

    2
    By LegalparentLEO
    The Graveyard Book is a deep and sweet book.... For adults. My child read this as a summer reading and had nightmares for several weeks. Now if your child likes scary books, then this book would be good. But all though it gets good at the end, it scared my child to the point where they had to sleep with a lamp on. Sometimes my child would wake up afraid of this book. Reading that book for me was amazing- and horrifying. If I was a kid I would have been scared to death. My kid still can not drive by a graveyard without freaking out. I don't blame them. It is not meant for children. Over all it's a good book for adults, but not for children.