Winner of the CLIP Carnegie Medal 2010.
Spooks galore in this brilliant and fantastic story of life in the graveyard. When Baby Bod escapes a murderer intent on killing his whole family, he is taken in by the graveyard ghosts. A stunningly original novel deftly constructed over eight chapters, each of which depicts every other year of Bod’s life, a separate story of Bod’s life unfolds and always in the background there is the sinister, haunting presence of a killer.
Bod’s curious tale is a masterpiece of original, absorbing and unstoppable story telling. This edition is illustrated in a breath-taking fashion by Dave Mckean.
Winner of the prestigious Teenage Book of the Year Award 2009.
Winner of Best Novel at the Hugo Awards 2009
Winner of the 2009 prestigious Newbery Medal.
27th January 2009 - Gaiman was asleep in bed in Los Angeles this morning when he was phoned by the award's committee and told he had won. 'You are on a speakerphone with at least 14 teachers and librarians and suchlike great, wise and good people, I thought. Do not start swearing like you did when you got the Hugo.
Afterwards he wrote: 'I might have imagined all of this, or they may have to do a sudden recount or something,' wrote Gaiman. 'But I think it probably happened. I mean, it's now 7:20am and I'm drinking tea and blinking happily at the world.'
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CILIP CARNEGIE Medal SHORTLIST 2010: Judges’ comments A fantastic story full of humour, humanity and wonderfully drawn characters. The beginning manages to be horrifying without a single mention of blood, and though episodic in its structure, the story comes together beautifully at the end.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed The Graveyard Book (illustrated by Dave McKean) and determined it is suitable for children aged 11-14 years old
The Graveyard Book (illustrated by Dave McKean) features in the following genres: Featured Books for 13+ readers, Recommendations, Featured Books for 11+ readers
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The Graveyard Book (illustrated by Dave McKean) was written by Neil Gaiman and published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
The Graveyard Book (illustrated by Dave McKean) has 312 pages
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