Saturday, November 23, 2013

The Graveyard Book

Gaiman, N.  (2008).  The graveyard Book.  New York, NY:  HarperCollins Children's Books.

As Bod's family was being murdered, he unwittingly got out of the house.  When the man Jack, was done he noticed that there was one more family member left.  He followed the traces of Bod into the cemetery.  At the cemetery, the friendly ghosts, the Owens, adopt Bod as their son and Silas becomes his guardian. When Bod is fourteen, the man Jack traces him again and sets his plan to finish him off.  Thanks to his guardians at the cemetery Bod is able to escape him.

By clicking on the following link, you will see a trailer for the book narrated by Neil Gaiman himself.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_UUVwTaemk

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