The Graveyard Book: WINNER OF THE CARNEGIE MEDAL 2010Discover the bewitching, classic children's novel The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, featuring spellbinding illustrations from Chris Riddell WINNER of the 2010 CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL and the 2009 JOHN NEWBERY MEDAL. ONE OF BBC'S HUNDRED GREATEST CHILDREN'S BOOKS OF ALL TIME 'Every page is crowded with invention, both funny and scary' PATRICK NESS 'A tale of unforgettable enchantment' NEW YORK TIMES Nobody Owens, known to his friends as Bod, is a normal boy. He would be completely normal if he didn't live in a graveyard, raised and educated by ghosts. There, living among the dead, Bod discovers that he possesses remarkable magical powers: he can avoid people's notice, scare them, and even invade their dreams. There are dangers and adventures for Bod in the graveyard. But it is in the land of the living that the real danger lurks, for it is there that the man Jack lives - and he has sinister plans for Bod... WINNER OF THE LOCUS YOUNG ADULT AWARD WINNER OF THE HUGO BEST NOVEL PRIZE WINNER OF THE BOOKTRUST TEENAGE AWARD |
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Abanazer Bolger asked Bod began beneath Bishop of Bath Bod looked Bod thought Bod walked Bod’s brooch Caius Pompeius called can’t child crypt dance Dandy dark dead didn’t door Duke of Westminster Egyptian Walk Emperor of China eyes face Fade Fortinbras friends Frost gates ghoul-gate ghouls Ghûlheim gone grave graveyard grey guardian hair hand happened He’s headstone heard hill Honourable Archibald Fitzhugh huge Hustings inside Jack Josiah Worthington kids killed knew knife living Liza Hempstock Macabray MASTER mausoleum Miss Lupescu Mister Frost Mistress Owens Mother Slaughter Nehemiah Trot Neil Gaiman Nick Farthing night night-gaunts nodded Owenses path Pennyworth Porringer potter’s field pulled pushed remember scared Scarlett shadows shook his head shouted Silas Silas’s Sleer slipped smiled someone steps stone stopped talk tell There’s things told tomb took voice waiting wall What’s You’re