The graveyard book
By: based on the novel by Neil Gaiman ; adapted by P. Craig Russell ; illustrated by Kevin Nowlan and six others
Contributors: Russell, P. Craig, adapter; Nowlan, Kevin, illustrator
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 188
ISBN-13: 9781408858998
Subjects: Ghost stories; Comic books, strips; Cemeteries; Ghosts; Graphic novels; Dead; Fiction; Supernatural; Orphans
Description: When a baby escapes a murderer intent on killing the entire family, who would have thought it would find safety and security in the local graveyard? Brought up by the resident ghosts, ghouls and spectres, Bod has an eccentric childhood learning about life from the dead. But for Bod there is also the danger of the murderer still looking for him - after all, he is the last remaining member of the family. This novel features every second year of Bod's life, from babyhood to adolescence. Will Bod survive to be a man?
Notes: "A graphic novel adaptation of The Carnegie and Newbery Medal winner"--Cover.
Table of contents: title: When a baby escapes a murderer intent on killing the entire family, who would have thought it would find safety and security in the local graveyard? Brought up by the resident ghosts, ghouls and spectres, Bod has an eccentric childhood learning about life from the dead. But for Bod there is also the danger of the murderer still looking for him; title: after all, he is the last remaining member of the family. This novel features every second year of Bod's life, from babyhood to adolescence. Will Bod survive to be a man?