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The Graveyard Book: WINNER OF THE CARNEGIE MEDAL 2010
Neil Gaiman
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Description for The Graveyard Book: WINNER OF THE CARNEGIE MEDAL 2010
Paperback. WINNER of the 2010 Cilip Carnegie Medal, the Newbery Medal and the Booktrust Teenage Book Prize 2009, and shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Award Stunningly illustrated by Chris Riddell, who brings the ghouls, ghosts and hero wonderfully to life in this fantastic ghost adventure story, laced with menace and humour Illustrator(s): Riddell, Chris. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: YFD. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 200 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 214.
Discover the bewitching, classic children’s novel The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, featuring spellbinding illustrations from Chris Riddell WINNER of the 2010 CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL and the 2009 JOHN NEWBERY MEDAL ‘Every page is crowded with invention, both funny and scary’ PATRICK NESS ‘A tale of unforgettable enchantment’ NEW YORK TIMES Nobody Owens, known to his friends as Bod, is a normal boy. He would be completely normal if he didn’t live in a graveyard, raised and educated by ghosts. There, living among the dead, Bod discovers that he possesses remarkable magical powers: he can avoid people's notice, scare them, and even invade their dreams. There are dangers and adventures for Bod in the graveyard. But it is in the land of the living that the real danger lurks, for it is there that the man Jack lives - and he has sinister plans for Bod... WINNER OF THE LOCUS YOUNG ADULT AWARD WINNER OF THE HUGO BEST NOVEL PRIZE WINNER OF THE BOOKTRUST TEENAGE AWARD
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780747594802
SKU
9780747594802
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman has written highly acclaimed books for both children and adults and is the first author to have won both the Carnegie and Newbery Medals for the same work – The Graveyard Book. Many of his books, including Coraline and Stardust, have been made into films; Neverwhere has been adapted for TV and radio; and American Gods and Good Omens have been adapted into major TV series. He has also written two episodes of Doctor Who and appeared in The Simpsons as himself. Chris Riddell is a much loved illustrator and acclaimed political cartoonist. He has won the Costa Children’s Book Award, the Nestlé Gold Award is the only artist to have won the Kate Greenaway Medal three times, most recently for his illustrations in The Sleeper and the Spindle. He was Waterstones Children’s Laureate from 2015 to 2017 and has illustrated the work of many celebrated children’s authors, including five Neil Gaiman titles and J.K. Rowling’s The Tales of Beedle the Bard. He is the author of the bestselling Goth Girl and Ottoline series and co-creator of The Edge Chronicles.
Reviews for The Graveyard Book: WINNER OF THE CARNEGIE MEDAL 2010
Thrilling, elegant and joyously macabre. You will love it to death
Holly Black
One of the joys of reading Gaiman is how he subverts our expectations of magic, horror, fantasy and the mundane ... A memorable, captivating read
The Times
This brief, dark, savoury adventure deserves to become a modern classic of children's writing
Independent on Sunday
Suspenseful, well-told and touching
The Sunday Times
The best book Neil Gaiman has ever written. How he has managed to combine fascinating, friendly, frightening and fearsome in one fantasy I shall never know, but he has pulled it off magnificently
Diana Wynne Jones
Like a bite of dark Halloween chocolate, this novel proves rich, bittersweet and very satisfying
Washington Post
The outrageous riches of Gaiman’s imagination. Every page is crowded with invention, both funny and scary
Patrick Ness
I wish my younger self could have had the opportunity to read and reread this wonderful book, and my older self wishes that I had written it
Garth Nix
The Graveyard Book, by turns exciting and witty, sinister and tender, shows Gaiman at the top of his form ... a tale of unforgettable enchantment
New York Times
Holly Black
One of the joys of reading Gaiman is how he subverts our expectations of magic, horror, fantasy and the mundane ... A memorable, captivating read
The Times
This brief, dark, savoury adventure deserves to become a modern classic of children's writing
Independent on Sunday
Suspenseful, well-told and touching
The Sunday Times
The best book Neil Gaiman has ever written. How he has managed to combine fascinating, friendly, frightening and fearsome in one fantasy I shall never know, but he has pulled it off magnificently
Diana Wynne Jones
Like a bite of dark Halloween chocolate, this novel proves rich, bittersweet and very satisfying
Washington Post
The outrageous riches of Gaiman’s imagination. Every page is crowded with invention, both funny and scary
Patrick Ness
I wish my younger self could have had the opportunity to read and reread this wonderful book, and my older self wishes that I had written it
Garth Nix
The Graveyard Book, by turns exciting and witty, sinister and tender, shows Gaiman at the top of his form ... a tale of unforgettable enchantment
New York Times