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The graveyard book

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When a baby escapes a murderer intent on killing the entire family, who would have thought it would find safety and security in the local graveyard? Brought up by the resident ghosts, ghouls and spectres, Bod has an eccentric childhood learning about life from the dead. But for Bod there is also the danger of the murderer still looking for him - after all, he is the last remaining member of the family. This novel features every second year of Bod's life, from babyhood to adolescence. Will Bod survive to be a man?

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Publisher
Bloomsbury
Language
English
Pages
188

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Table of Contents

When a baby escapes a murderer intent on killing the entire family, who would have thought it would find safety and security in the local graveyard? Brought up by the resident ghosts, ghouls and spectres, Bod has an eccentric childhood learning about life from the dead. But for Bod there is also the danger of the murderer still looking for him
after all, he is the last remaining member of the family. This novel features every second year of Bod's life, from babyhood to adolescence. Will Bod survive to be a man?

Edition Notes

"A graphic novel adaptation of The Carnegie and Newbery Medal winner"--Cover.

Published in
London

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
741.5942
Library of Congress
PZ7.7.G1273 Gr 2014

The Physical Object

Pagination
188 pages
Number of pages
188

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL32102902M
ISBN 10
1408858991
ISBN 13
9781408858998
OCLC/WorldCat
883278569

Work Description

Presents a graphic adaptation of the life of Nobody Owens who is raised in a graveyard by a group of ghosts and avoids leaving the graveyard for fear that he will be killed by the man who has already murdered his family.

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