You know the saying, "It takes a village to raise a child"? Well, in Neil Gaiman's Newberry winning novel, The Graveyard Book, what it takes is a graveyard. Orphaned at 18 months by a mysterious murderer, Bod (short for Nobody) is taken in and raised by Mr. & Mrs. Owens, a loving but childless couple, who just happen to be dead (long dead - about 300 years or so). You can't help loving these graveyard inhabitants! The tale, as it unravels, is by turns scary, funny, and touching, and the conclusion is dead on. I just loved it!
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