The Graveyard Book is yet another stunning tale to add to the collection–with that same blend of lovely oddness and ethereal beauty that is Gaiman’s trademark. And, once again, I found myself completely captivated by his work. So, needless to say, I had some high expectations for this book–as I do for anything written by Neil Gaiman. Thea: I had been eagerly anticipating this book for months, stalking Neil Gaiman’s blog, gushing in emails with Ana. Magical, terrifying, and filled with breathtaking adventures, the graveyard book is sure to enthrall readers of all ages. There are dangers and adventures in the graveyard for a boy-an ancient Indigo Man beneath the hill, a gateway to a desert leading to an abandoned city of ghouls, the strange and terrible menace of the Sleer.īut if Bod leaves the graveyard, then he will come under attack from the man Jack-who has already killed Bod’s family.īeloved master storyteller Neil Gaiman returns with a luminous new novel for the audience that embraced his New York Times bestselling modern classic Coraline. He would be completely normal if he didn’t live in a sprawling graveyard, being raised and educated by ghosts, with a solitary guardian who belongs to neither the world of the living nor of the dead. Nobody Owens, known to his friends as Bod, is a normal boy. (The question should be why did it take us so freaking long to read this book!) Why did we read this book: Really? Because, obviously, we love Neil Gaiman.

Sleer the graveyard book