The baby escapes to a small graveyard, where he is taken in by some Victorian ghosts, Mr. The plot The story starts out in a house where a murderer is walking through a house after already killing most of the family, except the baby. This is the perfect read for children age 8+ (there is some violence) and some chapters can be used as short stories. Author, Neil Gaimen creates a heart-felt story with is language and ideas. Zoe from Thailand The Graveyard book is a fantastic story about, family, friendship and growing up as young bod, raised in a graveyard by two ghosts, grows up and finds his place in the world. So, the advice is to read this book, unless you are Neil Gaiman, in which case you should really be writing more and more and.ġ0/10 A deserving winner of the Carnegie Medal.Ħ positive reader review(s) for The Graveyard Book This should not however been seen as a negative point, indeed it is quite the opposite, Gaiman leaves the reader with the words '.and then?' lingering on their lips, desperate to know more, to continue following the lives of the characters that they have grown to love. It would be nice to see sequels or even some spin off books, continuing the story of the lives of several of the characters. There is a slightly hollow feel left after reading it though, possibly due to a loose end situation. It has to be said that the book was a good page turner, and the story flowed well with recognised Gaiman humour and a touch of the macabre, however not as dark as Coraline. The story has been built upon the foundations of a short story by Gaiman, published in his anthology M is for Magic, and it also tips it's hat to Kipling's Jungle Book, with ghosts taking the place of the animals in a typical Gaiman twist. He isn't allowed to leave the graveyard as it has been deemed to be unsafe for him to do so, however after a while he is allowed to go to school, where events unfold leading the killer of his family back to him, in order to complete the job of killing the whole family.
Growing up Bod, short for Nobody, Owens learns how to read, about maths, the stars and how to fade and walk through walls. The child is then raised by Mr and Mrs Owens, a ghostly couple, along side a not-quite-dead-not-quite-alive guardian by the name of Silas. After creeping through the gaps in the railings the young child is then adopted by the ghostly inhabitants of the graveyard, at the pleading request of his mother's spirit. In the middle of the night a family is murdered in their beds, but the job isn't complete, the youngest child, a small baby, escapes the fate of his family and toddles off in the direction of the local graveyard. It’s going to make a great film, but as always it is a better experience to read the book. The writing style though easy enough for children, is very descriptive and distinctive. It won the Carnegie medal this year for children’s fiction, and this novel deserved to win. The end of the novel is exciting and has a twist that this reader did not see coming. The way Bod deals with the school bullies is truly inspired.
Other chapters concentrate on what it is like being the outsider when you are growing up.
Bishop of Bath and Wells, the Emperor of China and the Thirty-third President of the United States. Ghouls take the name of the dead person that they ate first e.g. ‘The Hounds of God’ is particularly bleak, and very funny. They all have a dark sense of humour, and cover Bod’s life until he is 15 years old.
The Chris Riddell edition has full page illustrations before each chapter, giving a hint at what kind of story the reader can expect. This makes it ideal for dipping into, and for reading at bedtime. Nearly every chapter is a self contained short story about an incident in Bod’s life. Parents should read that bit and then decide. The novel is aimed at 8 – 11 year olds, but the gruesome murder descriptions in the first chapter may push the age up. He is raised by ghosts, Mr and Mrs Owens with the help of his guardian, Silas, who is neither alive nor dead.
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