The Graveyard Book

Summary

After his family is murdered, a toddler wanders into a graveyard and is adopted and raised by its ghostly inhabitants, who name him Nobody Owens and grant him the freedom of the dead. Loosely inspired by Kipling's The Jungle Book, the novel follows the boy from childhood to adolescence as he learns the secrets of the graveyard while the killer still hunts him. Gaiman blends the macabre with warmth and a poignant coming of age tale.