El Libro del Cementerio/ The Graveyard Book (Paperback)

from souloftherose

This is exactly the sort of book I'd have loved when I was a child and I still loved reading it now. I'm not sure what age range it would be most appropriate for though as the first chapter could certainly be quite scary. In the first chapter of this book, a young toddler's family are killed by a...

from mimo

charming and engrossing tale about a mysterious boy who was raised in a graveyard by its inhabitants. life becomes complicated as the boy grows into adolescence and naturally begins to ask many questions about himself and the world about him. also a sinister presence loiters outside...

from Jfranklin592262

I purchased the 3 book box set that included this book, Coraline, and Fortunately, the milk......this was my favorite. We have owned and watched the Coraline movie for years and loved it....but after reading this, I'm questioning why this wasn't chosen for a film adaption instead. Gaiman captu...

from MickyFine

When a toddler wanders into the graveyard, the ghosts that reside there are thrown into an uproar. How can they possibly care for a living child? But Mr. and Mrs. Owens are adamant that they will take in the baby, whom they name Nobody (Bod for short). And so Bod grows up in the graveyard learnin...

from timspalding

I wanted to like this and I did. But I'm too old and I don't read enough young adult fiction to enjoy the merely good, and despite winning the Newbery, that's all The Graveyard Book is. There were flashes of real brilliance-ghouls describing the pleasures of ghoulery comes to mind-but overall it ...