The outrageous riches of Gaiman's imagination. Like a bite of dark Halloween chocolate, this novel proves rich, bittersweet and very satisfying * Washington Post * How he has managed to combine fascinating, friendly, frightening and fearsome in one fantasy I shall never know, but he has pulled it off magnificently * Diana Wynne Jones * The best book Neil Gaiman has ever written. Suspenseful, well-told and touching * The Sunday Times * This brief, dark, savoury adventure deserves to become a modern classic of children's writing * Independent on Sunday * A memorable, captivating read * The Times * One of the joys of reading Gaiman is how he subverts our expectations of magic, horror, fantasy and the mundane. You will love it to death * Holly Black * Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC ISBN: 9780747594802 Number of pages: 304 Weight: 215 g Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 20 mm MEDIA REVIEWS WINNER OF THE LOCUS YOUNG ADULT AWARD WINNER OF THE HUGO BEST NOVEL PRIZE WINNER OF THE BOOKTRUST TEENAGE AWARD But it is in the land of the living that the real danger lurks, for it is there that the man Jack lives - and he has sinister plans for Bod. There are dangers and adventures for Bod in the graveyard. There, living among the dead, Bod discovers that he possesses remarkable magical powers: he can avoid people's notice, scare them, and even invade their dreams. He would be completely normal if he didn't live in a graveyard, raised and educated by ghosts. Nobody Owens, known to his friends as Bod, is a normal boy.

'A tale of unforgettable enchantment' NEW YORK TIMES 'Every page is crowded with invention, both funny and scary' PATRICK NESS WINNER of the 2010 CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL and the 2009 JOHN NEWBERY MEDAL Discover the bewitching, classic children's novel The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, featuring spellbinding illustrations from Chris Riddell

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