The bulk of the book is about Nobody's (often called Bod) adventures in and out of the graveyard as he grows up. The man Jack is persuaded by Silas that the toddler has crawled down the hill, and he eventually loses the trail. The caretaker Silas (subsequently implied to be an ancient and formerly evil vampire, now reformed) accepts the duty of providing for Nobody. Owens declares 'He looks like nobody except himself') and is granted the Freedom of the Graveyard, which allows Nobody to pass through solid objects when in the graveyard, including its gates. The baby is named Nobody Owens (since Mrs. Owens (the ghost who first discovered the baby) and her husband, Mr.

They discuss whether to keep him until the Lady on the Grey (implied to be the ]) appears and suggests that the baby should be kept ('The dead should have charity'). The toddler crawls out of the house and up a hill to a graveyard where the ghosts find him. Unknown to him, the toddler has climbed out of his crib to explore. Wikipedia - The story begins as Jack (usually referred to in the novel as 'the man Jack') murders most of the members of a family (later revealed to be the Dorian family) except for the toddler upstairs. (Two years later, A Monster Calls won both medals.) It was the first time in 30-year history that one book made both the author and illustrator shortlists. The Graveyard Book also won the annual Hugo Award for Best Novel from the World Science Fiction Convention and Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book selected by Locus magazine subscribers.Ĭhris Riddell, who illustrated the British children's edition, made the Kate Greenaway Medal shortlist. Gaiman won both the British Carnegie Medal and the American Newbery Medal recognising year's best children's books, the first time both named the same work. It is set primarily in a graveyard, where the boy Nobody Owens is adopted and raised by the occupants after his family is murdered. The Graveyard Book is a children's fantasy novel by the English author Neil Gaiman, simultaneously published in Britain and America during 2008.

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