The+Graveyard+Book

Winner of the 2009 [|Newbery Medal], awarded by the American Library Association to the most distinguished children's book published the previous year, [|The Graveyard Book] by Niel Gaiman surprised me. I din't think I was going to like it - but I loved it! The main character, Bod, is orphaned at 18 months when his family is murdered. Bod, short for Nobody, crawls into a nearby deserted graveyard before the murderer can catch him. Bod will be raised in the graveyard by a community of ghosts and otherworldly creatures while the murderer tries to hunt him down. This book is full of suspense and very well told. I would recommend it to students from fifth grade on up who enjoy stories of the supernatural. I give The Graveyard Book a five star rating. KS