Supernatural: "The Graveyard Book"

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Gaiman, Neil. The Graveyard Book. New York: Harper Collins, 2008.

Mr. and Mrs. Owens find a wee baby toddling in the green grass of the graveyard. They name him Nobody, Bod for short, and love him and try to protect him from the world outside. The world where his family was murdered by the man Jack.

Well: Just Who is Nobody Owens? This book set in the shimmering world of the graveyard has the answer and a cast of characters that you will never forget.

Set in England, Bod is an orphan who toddles out of his house where his family is being brutally murdered. He ends up in the graveyard where several centuries old ghosts raise him as their own. Mr. and Mrs. Owens love him and, along with his guardian, try to educate him to get through the dangers he will face. And dangers he does face as he embarks on adventures within and without the rattling gates of the graveyard.

As you read this story and meet it's characters including Bod, the Owen's, the Indigo Man, the terrible sleer, and the man Jack whose hand wields a knife, you will cheer for Nobody Owens. And Bod himself will learn the answer to the question Just Who is Nobody Owens?

Hugo Awards: Best Novel, Newbery Medal, Oprah's Kids' Reading Lists - New Releases: 10-to-12 Years, Locus Young Adult Book Award, Wisconsin Library Association Children's Book Awards: Elizabeth Burr/Worzalla Award, Booklist Editors' Choice - Books for Youth - Older Readers Category: 2008, YALSA Best Books for Young Adults: 2009, USBBY Outstanding International Books - Grades 6-8: 2009, ALA Notable Children's Books - Middle Readers Category: 2009