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The Graveyard Book Graphic Novel, Volume 1
by P. Craig Russell, Neil Gaiman
As his parents are being murdered, by a nasty character called Jack, Nobody Owen slips out of the house, and toddles off, ending up in the graveyard. Silas who finds him realises what has happened, and starts to look after him, accepting him into the netherworld somewhere between the living and the dead.
Each chapter is about Bod's experiences with the people long gone who inhabit the graveyard. They are not at all scary, and between them and Silas they try to teach him about their world, an the world at large.
Bod makes friends with a little girl who visits the graveyard. She goes missing, when he takes her to one of the oldest mausoleums, but when she is returned safe, she is told that she is not allowed to return there anymore. His adventures get more bold, evening leaving the safety of the graveyard, something he is forbidden to do.
Scarlett's parents have split, she ends up back in the graveyard again. Hoping to meet Bod. She is a fair way from home, and after she meets and accepts a lift home with a man called Mr Frost; who is still after Bod after all these years.
The first part of the book is slow, each chapter taking an ascpect of Bod's learning and growing. When Mr Frost appears on the scene, the pace lifts and takes you breathlessly to the conclusion of the book.
I am not sure how he does it, but Gaiman manages to write with an intensity that few other authors can match.
Each chapter is about Bod's experiences with the people long gone who inhabit the graveyard. They are not at all scary, and between them and Silas they try to teach him about their world, an the world at large.
Bod makes friends with a little girl who visits the graveyard. She goes missing, when he takes her to one of the oldest mausoleums, but when she is returned safe, she is told that she is not allowed to return there anymore. His adventures get more bold, evening leaving the safety of the graveyard, something he is forbidden to do.
Scarlett's parents have split, she ends up back in the graveyard again. Hoping to meet Bod. She is a fair way from home, and after she meets and accepts a lift home with a man called Mr Frost; who is still after Bod after all these years.
The first part of the book is slow, each chapter taking an ascpect of Bod's learning and growing. When Mr Frost appears on the scene, the pace lifts and takes you breathlessly to the conclusion of the book.
I am not sure how he does it, but Gaiman manages to write with an intensity that few other authors can match.