Staff Pick
This book is spooky, enchanting, and beautifully illustrated by Dave McKean. It is my favorite of all of Gaiman's books. Recommended By Junix S., Powells.com
Synopses & Reviews
In this ingenious and captivating reimagining of Rudyard Kipling's classic adventure
The Jungle Book, Neil Gaiman tells the unforgettable story of Nobody Owens, a living, breathing boy whose home is a graveyard, raised by a guardian who belongs neither to the mortal world nor the realm of the dead. Among the mausoleums and headstones of his home, Bod experiences things most mortals can barely imagine. But real, flesh-and-blood danger waits just outside the cemetery walls: the man who murdered the infant Bod's family will not rest until he finds Nobody Owens and finishes the job he began many years ago.
A #1 New York Times bestseller and winner of many international awards, including the Hugo Award for best novel and the Locus Award, The Graveyard Book is a glorious meditation on love, loss, survival, and sacrifice . . . and what it means to truly be alive.
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“Like a bite of dark Halloween chocolate, this novel proves rich, bittersweet and very satisfying.” Washington Post
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“This brief, dark, savoury adventure deserves to become a modern classic of childrens writing: it has more mystery, excitement and wisdom in a single chapter than all the soap-operatic dilemmas, empty acrobatics and moral dogmatism in those thousands of pages of Potter franchise.” The Independent
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“The invention of immortal folk who readers feel they might like to kick back with may be this prolific, tousle-haired, ex-pat British authors contribution to world literature.” National Public Radio
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“I wish my younger self could have had the opportunity to read and re-read this wonderful book, and my older self wishes that I had written it.” Garth Nix, author of The Abhorsen Trilogy
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“The Graveyard Book confirms what Ive always thought: Neil Gaiman is a literary genius!” James Herbert, author of THE SECRET OF CRICKLEY HALL
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“The Graveyard Book, by turns exciting and witty, sinister and tender, shows Gaiman at the top of his form. In this novel of wonder, Neil Gaiman follows in the footsteps of long-ago storytellers, weaving a tale of unforgettable enchantment.” New York Times Book Review
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“Wistful, witty, wiseand creepy. This needs to be read by anyone who is or has ever been a child.” Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
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“Genuinely frightening.” Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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“The Graveyard Book is endlessly inventive, masterfully told and, like Bod himself, too clever to fit into only one place. This is a book for everyone. You will love it to death.” Holly Black, co & #150;creator of The Spiderwick Chronicles
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“The Graveyard Book is everything everyone loves about Neil Gaiman, only multiplied many times over, a novel that showcases his effortless feel for narrative, his flawless instincts for suspense, and above all, his dark, almost silky sense of humor. Joe Hill, author of Heart-Shaped Box
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“Its hard to think of a more delightful and scary place to spend 300 pages.” The Guardian
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“The Graveyard Book feels like the careful work of an old craftsman.” Newsday
Synopsis
“Wistful, witty, and wise—and creepy. . . . Closer in tone to American Gods than to Coraline, but permeated with Bods innocence, this needs to be read by anyone who is or has ever been a child.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
By turns macabre, uplifting, sinister, and heartwarming, Neil Gaimans #1 national bestseller is an ingenious reimagining of Rudyard Kiplings classic adventure The Jungle Book. Called a “novel of wonder . . . a tale of unforgettable enchantment” by the New York Times Book Review, The Graveyard Book will captivate readers of all ages with its timeless meditation on love, loss, survival, and sacrifice . . . and what it means to truly be alive.
About the Author
Neil Gaiman is a
New York Times bestselling author of more than twenty books for adults and children, including the novels
Neverwhere,
Stardust,
American Gods,
Anansi Boys,
Coraline, and
The Graveyard Book; the Sandman series of graphic novels; and
Make Good Art, the text of a commencement speech he delivered at Philadelphias University of the Arts.
He is the recipient of numerous literary honors, including the Locus and Hugo Awards and the Newbery and Carnegie Medals. 1.8 million people follow him on Twitter.
Born and raised in England, Neil Gaiman now lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with his wife, the rock star Amanda Palmer.
Dave McKean is best known for his work on Neil Gaiman's Sandman series of graphic novels and for his CD covers for musicians from Tori Amos to Alice Cooper. He also illustrated Neil Gaiman's picture books The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish, The Wolves in the Walls, and Crazy Hair. He is a cult figure in the comic book world, and is also a photographer.