The Graveyard Book Graphic Novel Single Volume: by Neil Gaiman. Illustrated by P. Craig Russell - Hardcover

Gaiman, Neil

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0062421883 ISBN 13: 9780062421883

Publisher: Quill Tree Books, 2016

Synopsis

Both volumes of the New York Times bestselling The Graveyard Book Graphic Novel are now available in a single-volume hardcover edition!

Each chapter in this adaptation by P. Craig Russell--now combined into one splendid volume--is illustrated by a different luminary from the comic book world, showcasing a variety of styles from a breadth of talent. Together, they bring Neil Gaiman's Newbery Medal-winning, nationally bestselling novel The Graveyard Book to new life in this gorgeously illustrated graphic novel adaptation.

Inventive, chilling, and filled with wonder, Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book reaches new heights in this stunning single-volume edition.

About this title

Review:

" [A] lovely, lyrical adaptation...Fans of Gaiman's delightfully macabre sensibilities will be elated."--Booklist (starred review)

"The graphic novel captures and enhances the magic and horror in new and unexpected ways."--Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)

"Russell calls attention to the drama and wit of the language in each sentence...The real achievement of this adaptation is that readers will want to jump back to the novel and then leap back again, time after time."--Kirkus Reviews

"[A] vastly entertaining adaptation...It's a treasure worth having even if the novel is already on the shelf."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"This adaptation celebrates friendship, loyalty, and family with similar humor and aplomb."--School Library Journal

"The delights here are many."--NPR

Russell calls attention to the drama and wit of the language in each sentence...The real achievement of this adaptation is that readers will want to jump back to the novel and then leap back again, time after time. --Kirkus Reviews"

The delights here are many. --NPR"

[A] lovely, lyrical adaptation...Fans of Gaiman s delightfully macabre sensibilities will be elated. --Booklist (starred review)"

[A] vastly entertaining adaptation...It s a treasure worth having even if the novel is already on the shelf. --Publishers Weekly (starred review)"

From the Back Cover:

It Takes a Graveyard to Raise A Child.

Nobody Owens, known as Bod, is a normal boy.

He would be completely normal if he didn't live in a graveyard, wasn't being raised by ghosts, and didn't have a guardian who belongs to neither the world of the living nor the dead.

There are adventures in the graveyard for a boy an ancient Indigo Man, a gateway to the abandoned city of ghouls, the strange and terrible Sleer. But if Bod leaves the graveyard, he will be in danger from the man Jack who has already killed Bod's family.

Each chapter in this adaptation by P. Craig Russell is illustrated by a different luminary from the comic book world, showcasing a variety of styles from a breadth of talent. Together, they bring Neil Gaiman's award-winning, nationally bestselling children's novel The Graveyard Book to new life in this gorgeously illustrated two-volume graphic novel adaptation.

Volume One contains Chapter One through the Interlude, while Volume Two includes Chapter Six through the end."

About this edition

• Publisher: Quill Tree Books
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0062421883
• ISBN 13: 9780062421883
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 368
• Illustrator: Russell P Craig