The Graveyard Book

Gaiman, N. (2008). The graveyard book. New York: HarperCollins.

An infant boy walks out of his house as his family is being murdered and wonders to the graveyard, where the ghosts protect him from the murderer, Jack.  Bod grows up in the graveyard and learns many things from his guardian and the ghost who surround him.  He has many great adventures, but his biggest adventure comes at the end when Jack is still looking for him.

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