The Graveyard Book
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The Graveyard Book
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Neil Gaiman
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By:
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Neil Gaiman
About this listen
Winner of the Newbery Medal
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. A stunningly original novel deftly constructed over eight chapters, featuring every second year of Bod's life, from babyhood to adolescence. Will Bod survive to be a man?©2008 Neil Gaiman (P)2008 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Critic reviews
"Thrilling, elegant and joyously macabre. You will love it to death." (Holly Black, author of The Spiderwick Chronicles)
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- Ben
- 12-18-16
fantastic for all
narrator was amazing, authors always hit the mark.
story was creative, enchanting, addictive and thrilling. I'm jumping back in
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- Pia-Storm Kritzinger
- 12-05-19
Beautiful
Listening to this audio book was even lovelier than reading it. An absolute gem for all ages.
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- Anonymous User
- 05-15-19
Wonderful experience
It was my first non fiction audiobook and I loved absolutely everything about it. Highly recommend.
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- Anne-Grethe
- 03-01-11
Quaint, sweet and naive
I was very taken with the story of this wonderful book, which can be read and heard by anyone - teenager or grown-up alike. The entire book is very sweet and almost naive, but at the same time, there are both scary characters and children as heroes. The main character, Nobody Owens, is very innocent but at the same time strong and open to all the things. I highly recommend this book - I heard it in one fell swoop and could not bear to press pause. The author is very talented, painting pictures with every word!
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- Tracey
- 05-14-12
A cute, lighthearted story
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
Yes, I enjoyed the story. It was a new spin on the supernatural genre and was subtle in its approach.
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- Eric
- 02-08-12
Wonderful for both young and old listeners!
Neil Gaiman has just become the benchmark by which all my other narrators will be judged by. The narration in this book is brilliant, the tempo, the rhythm, the timbre, everything about his reading ebbed and flowed with the book. I've never heard a book read with such mastery.
The storyline was excellent, even though it was probably pitched more towards the younger readers, I fully enjoyed it, and I'm looking forward to my kids listening to it as well. So many books I've enjoyed have been rather age-specific, but this one has appeal over a large range of ages. My 7 year-old will enjoy this book just as much as I did.
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- Adelheid
- 07-09-10
Enchanting
Not at all what I expected, it is whimsical & enchanting. Neil Gaiman narrates with exellent timing and creates the perfect mood. Loved the quirky music.
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- Fee
- 06-18-10
A book by Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman is one of my favorite authors. As I'm sure you have probably heard of Coraline, Stardust, Anansi Boys......are some of his masterpiece. However, The Graveyard Book might be the best book he has ever written so far. The book won the 2009 Newbery award for a reason. I enjoyed it very much myself, as I'm sure most of you would too. By the way, the narrator was Neil Gaiman himself and he did a splendid job of presenting his own work in audio form.
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- Amaya
- 04-24-12
Wonderful
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This is the kind of book you don't want to finish. Endearing yet sharp characters, great moments, and the delicious feeling of getting mixed up in a whole new setting, as the dead become allies and friends. Wonderful book. Very well read, too.
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- M. Solis
- 09-20-10
Excellent!
Very enjoyable, excellent characters and good messages for young readers and older too. The narrator was also very good.
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