Children's Literature
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Gaiman, N., & McKean, D. (2008). The graveyard book. New York: HarperCollins Pub. This fantasy story centers around the protagonist named Nobody Owens. Its setting is in a graveyard. When Bod (short for Nobody) was a toddler, his entire family was murdered by a man named man Jack. Bod was able to climb out of his crib and escape through the open front door. He made his way into a graveyard where the ghosts debate what to do with him. Mr. and Mrs. Owens decide that they will raise Bod in the graveyard and with the help of a guardian,Silas, Bod will be safe from the outside world. Silas is neither dead nor alive. Bod grows up in the graveyard and is taught many things from the ghosts that live there. He learns to fade, dream walk, and haunt. All these skills help him throughout his adventures. When he was little, he met a girl named Scarlett who loved playing with him in the graveyard. Her parents thought that Bod was just an imaginary friend. After moving away for a few years, she returns and meets a man named Mr. Frost who she believes is a historian who lives in the same house that Bod lived in as a child. When she tries to find out information about the murders that occurred there, Mr. Frost lures both Scarlett and Bod to his house and tries to murder Bod and finish the job. Bod and Scarlett escape and Bod is able to overtake the Jake of all trades. In the end he slowly begins to lose his abilities to see the ghosts. Silas, prepares him with money and a passport to help him assimilate to the outside world that he can now be a part of. Gaiman uses language that appeals to the senses. His descriptions of the setting are detailed and elaborate, helping the reader feel like they are right there in the graveyard with Bod. He is also skilled at keeping the reader in suspense up until the very end of the story. Watch a book trailer here: https://youtu.be/P_UUVwTaemk
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