- Fiction, Cemeteries, Supernatural, Dead
Bod is an unusual boy who inhabits an unusual place—he's the only living resident of a graveyard. Raised from infancy by the ghosts, werewolves, and other cemetery denizens, Bod has learned the antiquated customs of his guardians' time as well as their ghostly teachings—such as the ability to Fade so mere mortals cannot see him.
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Classical in form, meticulous, grave and effortless.
- classical in formformally daring
- rawmeticulous
- gravecomic
- effortlessdemanding
- earnestironic
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About the book
- Author
- Neil Gaiman
- First published
- 2008
- Pages
- 304
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Children's Books, William Morrow & Company, harper collin
- Editions
- 40
- Language
- tur, Chinese, German, Polish
- ISBN
- 9788374809290
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“There was a hand in the darkness, and it held a knife.”
Neil Richard MacKinnon Gaiman born Neil Richard Gaiman, 10 November 1960) is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, audio theatre, and films. His notable works include the comic book series The Sandman and novels Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, and The Graveyard Book. He has won numerous awards, including the Hugo, Nebula, and Bram Stoker awards, as well as the Newbery and Carnegie medals. He is the first author to win both the Newbery and the Carnegie medals for the same work, The Graveyard Book (2008). In 2013, The Ocean at the End of the Lane was voted Book of the Year in the British National Book Awards.
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