The Graveyard Book

After his family is murdered, toddler Nobody Owens, known as Bod, is raised in an English graveyard by its ghostly and supernatural residents. As he grows up, his unusual guardians teach him skills that help him move unseen among the living while protecting him from the danger that still pursues him. The novel follows Bod's childhood and his gradual encounter with the world beyond the graveyard.

by Neil Gaiman

HarperCollins Pub. · First published 2008 · 368 pages