The Graveyard Book, by Neil Gaiman is a great fantasy novel about a boy raised by ghosts named Nobody"Bod"Owens. One night, when he was a baby, a man(referred to as "The man Jack") stabbed his elder sister and parents, but Bod crawled out of the house and up the hill to explore. He was found by two ghosts (The Owenses) who were allowed to be his foster parents by the other ghosts. Bod's real guardian, Silas(the caretaker of the church near the graveyard) persuaded The man Jack to search for the baby somewhere else.
Bod is raised like a ghost and is given many abilities including the ability to move through solid objects. The book follows Bod in his adventures in and out of his graveyard. As a young boy, he becomes friends with a girl named Scarlett, but her mother convinces her that Bod is imaginary. Her family eventually moves. He learns many things from the ghost like haunting, dream-walking, and fading. Bod is eventually allowed to go to school, where he does well. He finds it difficult to make friends though. Later, Scarlett and her mother return to the town, but so does the man Jack, who wants to finish the task he failed at many years ago.
The book is written in a very interesting way. For instance, Neil Gaiman never directly tells you what
Silas is (though he hints that Silas is a vampire), or what Bod's tutor, Miss Lepescu is either. At times, you can see a pattern similar to Rudyard Kipling's novel The Jungle Book. Altogether, it is a great read that I encourage you to try.
I rate this book 7 out of 10.
