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The graveyard book / Neil Gaiman ; with illustrations by Dave McKean

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextEdition: First editionDescription: 312 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780060530921
  • 0060530928
  • 9780060530938
  • 0060530936
  • 9780060530945
  • 0060530944
  • 9780062081551
  • 0062081551
  • 9780329709020
  • 032970902X
  • 9780062349187
  • 006234918X
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: Graveyard book.DDC classification:
  • [Fic] 22
LOC classification:
  • PR6057.A319 G73 2008
  • PZ7.G1273 Gr 2008
Contents:
How Nobody came to the graveyard -- The new friend -- The hounds of God -- The witch's headstone -- Danse Macabre -- Interlude: The convocation -- Nobody Owens' school days -- Every man Jack -- Leavings and partings
McKean, DaveSummary: Nobody Owens, known to his friends as Bod, is a normal boy. He would be completely normal if he didn't live in a sprawling graveyard, bring raised and educated by ghosts, with a solitary guardian who belongs to neither the world of the living nor of the dead. 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. But if Bod leaves the graveyard, then he will come under attack from the man Jack--who has already killed Bod's family....Beloved master storyteller Neil Gaiman returns with a luminous new novel for the audeince that embraced his New York Times bestselling modern classic Coraline. Magical, terrifying, and filled with breathtaking adventures, the Graveyard Book is sure to enthrall readers of all ages. --
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Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Fiction MVS Library Children's Room F- Fiction (Juvenile) J FIC GAI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 4010319
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J FIC EPS Palace of dreams / J FIC FRY The voyage / J FIC FUN The Thief Lord / J FIC GAI The graveyard book / J FIC GER The treasure of Easter Island / J FIC GER Merry Christmas, Geronimo! / J FIC GER Mouse overboard! /

How Nobody came to the graveyard -- The new friend -- The hounds of God -- The witch's headstone -- Danse Macabre -- Interlude: The convocation -- Nobody Owens' school days -- Every man Jack -- Leavings and partings

McKean, Dave

Nobody Owens, known to his friends as Bod, is a normal boy. He would be completely normal if he didn't live in a sprawling graveyard, bring raised and educated by ghosts, with a solitary guardian who belongs to neither the world of the living nor of the dead. 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. But if Bod leaves the graveyard, then he will come under attack from the man Jack--who has already killed Bod's family....Beloved master storyteller Neil Gaiman returns with a luminous new novel for the audeince that embraced his New York Times bestselling modern classic Coraline. Magical, terrifying, and filled with breathtaking adventures, the Graveyard Book is sure to enthrall readers of all ages. --

820 Lexile

Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning MG+ 5.1 10

Accelerated Reader Grades 5-8 5.1 10.0 Quiz 125535 English fiction, vocabulary quiz available

Reading Counts RC 6-8 5.4 17 Quiz: 45222

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