The Graveyard Book

The Graveyard Book
Front cover of first Adult's Edition
AuthorNeil Gaiman
Illustrator
Cover artist
  • McKean (Adult's Edition)
  • Riddell (Children's Edition)[1]
LanguageEnglish
GenreChildren's fantasy, horror fiction
Publisher
Publication date
30 September 2008 (US)
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint, e-book, audiobook
Pages312 (first edition)
ISBN978-0-06-053092-1
OCLC179806700
LC ClassPZ7.G1273 Gr 2008[2]

The Graveyard Book is a young adult novel written by the English author Neil Gaiman, simultaneously published in Britain and America in 2008. The Graveyard Book traces the story of the boy Nobody "Bod" Owens, who is adopted and reared by the supernatural occupants of a graveyard after his family is brutally murdered.

Gaiman won both the British Carnegie Medal[1][3] and the American Newbery Medal recognizing the year's best children's books, the first time both named the same work.[a] The Graveyard Book also won the annual Hugo Award for Best Novel from the World Science Fiction Convention and Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book selected by Locus subscribers.[4]

Chris Riddell, who illustrated the British children's edition, made the Kate Greenaway Medal shortlist. It was the first time in the award's 30-year history that one book made both the author and illustrator shortlists.[5] Time magazine included the novel in its list of the 100 Best Young-Adult Books of All Time.[6]

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  2. ^ "The graveyard book" (first edition). Library of Congress Catalog Record. Retrieved 2012-11-05.
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  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference locus was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Neil Gaiman: CILIP Carnegie Medal Winner 2010". Press release 24 June 2010. CILIP. Retrieved 2012-11-05. ("Background on Neil Gaiman and The Graveyard Book" in the releases directory.)
  6. ^ "100 Best Young-Adult Books". Time. Retrieved 30 October 2019.


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