The Graveyard Book in Pick-a-Shelf

Aug 18, 2017 Carrie rated it it was amazing

Shelves: goblins, mgr, supernatural, family, death, orphan, ghosts, graveyard

Oh Mr. Gaiman you had me in tears in the end of this one.

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Nov 23, 2008 Luann rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2009, young-adult, orphans, ms-rec, fantasy, gr-author, newbery-medal, carnegie-medal

For me, enjoying this one was all about the characters and the interesting setting. Who else but Neil Gaiman could write a Jungle Book-type story and set it in a graveyard? And he has created a wonderful cast of unique characters that I really cared about. This is also very well-written with great descriptions that set the mood and pull you right into the story. I had fun picking out all the graveyard puns such as characters with a "grave" face or walking "gravely." If I ever read this again, I' ...more

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Jan 16, 2011 D.G. rated it liked it

Shelves: fantasy

**3.5 stars**

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Jun 24, 2009 Joanie rated it really liked it

Shelves: audio-book, 2019, read-with-my-kids, young-adult, from-the-library, summer-challenge

After reading so many positive reviews from friends, I had to check this one out. It's the story of Nobody Owens, Bod for short, a boy who narrowly escapes death when his family is murdered and winds up being raised by ghosts in an old graveyard. The keepers of the graveyard impart some gifts of the dead onto Bod so he is able to move through solid objects, "Fade" out of sight etc. The man who murdered Bod's family is still looking for him so the outside world is still unsafe. As Bod grows older ...more

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Nov 17, 2008 Julianne rated it really liked it

Good book. Not sure what I expected, but if this is typical Gaiman I will keep on reading.

He was at the Book Fair in September and this was the book for sale. I decided to pick it up (later) and see what he's all about. I'm also interested in reading Stardust.

The book is about a boy who is taken in at ~18 months to be raised by the ghosts of a cemetery. His life between the two worlds and what he learns from both the living, the dead, and the in-between can remind us a lot of what's important wh ...more

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