The Graveyard Book - Softcover

Gaiman, Neil

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0747598843 ISBN 13: 9780747598848

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2008

Synopsis

Winner of the Newbery Medal. When a baby escapes a murderer intent on killing his entire family, who would have thought it would find safety and security in the local graveyard? Brought up by the resident ghosts, ghouls and spectres, Bod has an eccentric childhood learning about life from the dead. But for Bod there is also the danger of the murderer still looking for him - after all, he is the last remaining member of the family. A stunningly original novel deftly constructed over eight chapters, featuring every second year of Bod's life, from babyhood to adolescence. Will Bod survive to be a man?

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Review:

'The highly skilled craftsmanship of Neil Gaiman's expertly joined plotting is constantly fascinating. With The Graveyard Book he appears to have exceeded even his own exacting standards, seeming to revel in creating the improbable and layering on impossible convolutions. The impossible he deals with through mind-twistingly clever links and attention to the most minute of details, the improbable becomes totally convincing through the sheer brilliance of the writing' The School Librarian

Book Description:

Stunning two-part graphic novel adaptation of Neil Gaiman's modern classic The Graveyard Book, the only novel ever to have won both the Newbery and Carnegie Medals

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0747598843
• ISBN 13: 9780747598848
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304
• Illustrator: Riddell Chris