The Graveyard Book
In this Newbery Medal-winning novel, Bod is an unusual boy who inhabits an unusual place—he's the only living resident of a graveyard. Raised from infancy by the ghosts, werewolves, and other cemetery denizens, Bod has learned the antiquated customs of his guardians' time as well as their ghostly...
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In this Newbery Medal-winning novel, Bod is an unusual boy who inhabits an unusual place—he's the only living resident of a graveyard. Raised from infancy by the ghosts, werewolves, and other cemetery denizens, Bod has learned the antiquated customs of his guardians' time as well as their ghostly teachings—such as the ability to Fade so mere mortals cannot see him.
Can a boy raised by ghosts face the wonders and terrors of the worlds of both the living and the dead? And then there are being such as ghouls that aren't really one thing or the other.
The Graveyard Book won the Newbery Medal and the Carnegie Medal and is a Hugo Award Winner for Best Novel.
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Format: kindle
ASIN: B0011UJM48
Publish date: 2009-10-06
Publisher: HarperCollins
Pages no: 325
Edition language: English
To moje pierwsze spotkanie z Autorem, toteż sięgając po "Księgę cmentarną" Neila Gaimana kompletnie nie wiedziałam czego się spodziewać. I to dobrze, gdyż miło się zaskoczyłam. Neil Geiman w swojej opowieści zabiera czytelnika w magiczny klimat, gdzie świat żywych łączy się ze światem pozagrobowym. ...
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The Graveyard Book is on a 5.1 reading level (5th grade, 1st month of school). This story is about a toddler named Nobody who is raised by ghosts and other beings that live in the cemetery. Since most of the characters are introduced by their epitaph poem, this gives teachers an opportunity to study...
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