The Graveyard Book

The original hardcover edition of a perennial favorite, The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, which has sold more than one million copies and is the only novel to win both the Newbery Medal and the Carnegie Medal.

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 antiquated customs of his guardians' time as well as their ghostly teachings--such as the ability to Fade so mere mortals cannot see him.

Can a boy raised by ghosts face the wonders and terrors of the worlds of both the living and the dead?

The Graveyard Book is the winner of the Newbery Medal, the Carnegie Medal, the Hugo Award for best novel, the Locus Award for Young Adult novel, the American Bookseller Association's "Best Indie Young Adult Buzz Book," a Horn Book Honor, and Audio Book of the Year.

Author: Neil Gaiman
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 10/01/2008
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.80w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9780060530921
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.1
Point Value: 10
Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus
Quiz #/Name: 125535 / Graveyard Book


Award: Newbery Medal - Winner
Award: Hugo Award - Winner
Award: Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards - Honor Book
Award: L.A. Times Book Prize - Finalist
Award: Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award - Nominee
Award: Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens - Recommended
Award: Nene Award - Nominee
Award: Delaware Diamonds Award - Nominee
Award: Isinglass Teen Read Award - Nominee
Award: Sequoyah Book Awards - Nominee
Award: Midwest Booksellers' Choice Award - Winner
Award: Indies Choice Book Awards - Winner
Award: Cybils - Winner


Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 02/15/2009 pg. 15
Voice of Youth Advocates 08/01/2008 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Kirkus Review - Children 08/15/2008 pg. 879
Entertainment Weekly 02/20/2009 pg. 72
Booklist 09/15/2008 pg. 54
Publishers Weekly 09/29/2008 pg. 82
School Library Journal 10/01/2008 pg. 144
Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2008 pg. 703
Kirkus Best Children's Books 11/15/2008 pg. 12
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 11/01/2008 pg. 70 - Recommended
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 10/01/2008
Booklist Ed Choice Youth 01/01/2009 pg. 13
New York Times Book Review 02/22/2009 pg. 18
People Weekly 03/02/2009 pg. 43
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2009 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style
Library Journal 12/09/2008
Asimov's Science Fiction 12/01/2009 pg. 108
ALA Best Books Young Adults 03/15/2009 pg. 13
ALA Notable Children's Books 03/15/2009 pg. 22

About the Author
McKean, Dave: -

Dave McKean is best known for his work on Neil Gaiman's Sandman series of graphic novels and for his CD covers for musicians from Tori Amos to Alice Cooper. He also illustrated Neil Gaiman's picture books The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish, The Wolves in the Walls, and Crazy Hair. He is a cult figure in the comic book world, and is also a photographer.

Atwood, Margaret: -

Margaret Atwood, whose work has been published in more than forty-five countries, is the author of over fifty books, including fiction, poetry, critical essays, and graphic novels. In addition to The Handmaid's Tale, now an award-winning television series, her works include Cat's Eye, short-listed for the 1989 Booker Prize; Alias Grace, which won the Giller Prize in Canada and the Premio Mondello in Italy; The Blind Assassin, winner of the 2000 Booker Prize; The MaddAddam Trilogy; The Heart Goes Last; Hag-Seed; The Testaments, which won the Booker Prize and was long-listed for the Giller Prize; and the poetry collection Dearly. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade, the Franz Kafka International Literary Prize, the PEN Center USA Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Los Angeles Times Innovator's Award. In 2019 she was made a member of the Order of the Companions of Honour in Great Britain for her services to literature. She lives in Toronto.

Gaiman, Neil: -

Neil Gaiman is the New York Times bestselling and multi-award winning author and creator of many beloved books, graphic novels, short stories, film, television and theatre for all ages. He is the recipient of the Newbery and Carnegie Medals, and many Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, and Will Eisner Awards. Neil has adapted many of his works to television series, including Good Omens (co-written with Terry Pratchett) and The Sandman. He is a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency UNHCR and Professor in the Arts at Bard College. For a lot more about his work, please visit: https: //www.neilgaiman.com/