Author

Contributions

  • Dave McKane - Illustrator
  • Dave McKane - Jacket Design
  • Dorchester Typesetting - Typesetter

Publication

2008 - Bloomsbury, London, UK

Language

English

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Word Count

78,000 words, Guess

Page Count

312 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100747596832
  • ISBN-139780747596837
  • Better World Books9780747596837
  • Open LibraryOL27312882M

Classifications

  • LCCPR6057.A319

Description

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.

First Sentence

There was a hand in the darkness, and it held a knife.

Subjects

Topics

ficDeadMortDeathMortsFamilyHorror

People

Silasman JackMr. OwensNobody OwensMistress Owens

Other Editions

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