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The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman - Review

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Fans of Neil Gaiman’s spooky “Coraline” will thrill to this tale of a boy raised by ghosts. Barely escaping being murdered with his family, Nobody “Bod” Owens finds sanctuary in a graveyard. He soon learns, with the help of its spectral inhabitants, how to fade, sleep in a tomb, avoid [...]

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Children’s Gothic Reviews

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
To get rid of the parents and allow the hero of this novel to set off on his own, the ever-thorough Neil Gaiman has them butchered in their beds. The boy escapes and ends up in the local cemetery, where, in a charming Jungle Book parallel, he is taken in [...]

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The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman - Interview

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Cemeteries don’t scare Neil Gaiman. Far from it. The best-selling author of horror and fantasy fables finds them “incredibly peaceful places.”
“I love going to graveyards. I love going to graveyards not because they’re spooky, but because there’s something marvelously restful. You know, you’ve got all these headstones. They have these [...]

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