The Graveyard Book

Title The Graveyard Book
Book Number BR018241
Names Gaiman, Neil.
Medium Braille
Title Status Available for Request
Annotation A toddler enters a cemetery pursued by the knife-wielding stranger who just murdered his family. Resident ghosts Mr. and Mrs. Owens protect and adopt the child, naming him Nobody "Bod" Owens. Bod's graveyard upbringing serves him well, but why was his family targeted? Newbery Award, 2009. For grades 5-8 and older readers. 2008.
Length 2 v. of braille ; 28 x 28 cm.
Local Subject Award - JF/N - Newbery Medal - AWANM
Family Life - Juvenile Fiction - FLJF
Award - AF-SF - Hugo Award - AWAHU
Short Book - SB
Juvenile Fiction - JF
Juvenile Fiction, Grades 5-8 - JF5
Juvenile Fiction, Grades 6-9 - JF6
Horror Fiction - HORF
Growing Up Story - GUP
Family Story (Single Generation) - FST
Award-Winner - Juvenile Fiction - AWJF
Paranormal Fiction - Ghosts - PAFG
Fantasy - FAN
International Setting - IS
LC Subject Cemeteries - Juvenile fiction
Dead - Juvenile fiction
Orphans - Juvenile fiction
Supernatural - Juvenile fiction
Fantasy fiction, Juvenile
Language English
ISBN 0060530928
Original Publication Transcription of: 1st ed. New York : HarperCollins Pub., c2008. 0060530928
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