Tuesday, December 29, 2009

The Graveyard Book

by Neil Gaiman
illustrations by Dave McKean
PRMS hardcover 312 pages

This was a re-read for the eighth grade book club, except I didn't finish it before we discussed it. Interesting that in general, the girls disliked it and the guys liked it. I definitely enjoyed it more the second time around. It was less strange to me and I was able to enjoy the details more. It's an unusual book about Nobody (Bod) Owens being raised in a graveyard by the ghosts. The nature of the Jacks (mortal?) and Silas is never very clear, but it doesn't seem to matter.

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