The graveyard book
After the grisly murder of his entire family, a toddler wanders into a graveyard where the ghosts and other supernatural residents agree to raise him as one of their own.
Main Author: | Gaiman, Neil. |
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Other Authors: | McKean, Dave (Illustrator) |
Format: | Books Print Book |
Language: | English |
Published: |
New York :
HarperCollins Pub.,
c2008.
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Edition: | 1st ed. |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: |
Go to Downloadable eBook Here. |
Summary: |
After the grisly murder of his entire family, a toddler wanders into a graveyard where the ghosts and other supernatural residents agree to raise him as one of their own. |
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Physical Description: |
312 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. |
ISBN: |
9780060530921 (trade bdg.) 0060530928 (trade bdg.) 9780060530938 (lib bdg.) 0060530936 (lib bdg.) 9780060530945 |
Author Notes: |
He writes both children and adult books. His adult books include The Ocean at the End of the Lane, which won a British National Book Awards, and the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel for 2014; Stardust, which won the Mythopoeic Award as best novel for adults in 1999; American Gods, which won the Hugo, Nebula, Bram Stoker, SFX, and Locus awards; Anansi Boys; Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances; and The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction, which is a New York Times Bestseller. His children's books include The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish; Coraline, which won the Elizabeth Burr/Worzalla, the BSFA, the Hugo, the Nebula, and the Bram Stoker awards; The Wolves in the Walls; Odd and the Frost Giants; The Graveyard Book, which won the Newbery Award in 2009 and The Sandman: Overture which won the 2016 Hugo Awards Best Graphic Story. (Bowker Author Biography) |