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The Graveyard Book

by Neil Gaiman · 2008

Young Adult · ranked #51 in category

Winner · The Hugo Award for Best Novel, 2009Winner · The Carnegie Medal for Writing, 2010Winner · The Newbery Medal, 2009

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 antiqu

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The verdict

Category
Young Adult
First published
2008 · 2000s
Author
Neil Gaiman
Standing
Recommended

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