The Graveyard Book

Title: The Graveyard Book

Author: Neil Gaiman

Publishing:Harper Collins Publishers 2008

Number of Pages:307

Genre: Children's Book

Summary: This is a story about a boy named Nobody Owens who they call Bod for short. His family was killed and this mother asked the people in the graveyard of Old Town to look out for him and raise him. So they graveyard folks vote on it and decided to raise the boy in the graveyard. He is given the Freedom of the Graveyard. Where he is aloud to travel to where he wants to go and is taught to do special powers such as going into peoples dreams and making them sense fear. He grows up and learns from the people of the grave yard but wants more so he is allowed to go to school but he used his powers to hide from every one to me there but mostly a memory for every one. Over the book it takes about the man Jack who killed Bods family but how he gets away. It goes on to tell that The man jack is still looking for him and if he leaves the grave yard then the man jack will be able to find him.

Reaction: My first reaction was that this book is a little dark for children to be reading for the fact only that it starts out with a man coming to kill a family and then the boy is raised in a grave yard. This is was a little much to handle and to take in but once you get more into the story you start to enjoy the book a lot more then you thought you would.

Problems: I think the only problem it is a little dark for younger children I don't think they will have the concept to realize that this is not really happening and it might freak them out by reading this book. The reading level is to low to give to adults but I think that if the children are mature then they will understand it more.

Recommendations: I would recommend this book to adults to read before giving it to their children. It is a hit and miss book. I feel like parents should read it before allowing their children to read just so they can see if the kids would be mature enough to read it. I enjoyed this book alot but I would have to inquire about the child reading it before recommended it.