The Graveyard Book

Ghost enthusiasts, have I got a book for you! The author of Coraline, Neil Gaiman, appeared on The Colbert Report last night to promote his newest story, The Graveyard Book. Nobody Owens, or Bod, is a normal boy. Normal, except for the fact that he is being raised by ghosts in a graveyard! "There are dangers and adventures in the graveyard for a boy – an ancient Indigo Man beneath the hill, a gateway to a desert leading to an abandoned city of ghouls, the strange and terrible menace of the Sleer." He is unable to leave the graveyard because the man who killed his family is waiting for him... Okay, so this book is written for kids (technically), but Gaiman is a darker, more gothic writer. In the spirit of Tim Burton and the Brothers Grimm, this story is sure to delight kids and adults of all ages. Illustrations by Dave McKean.