This was another book I practically inhaled. But with a Neil Gaiman work, it's actually impossible to do that because you always end up entranced. So you slow down to take in the scenery. In this case, a beautiful, slightly creepy graveyard.
Bod is the main character in the book and he has been given the Freedom of the Graveyard when two resident ghosts, and a guardian, took him in when he was a baby. His family had just been killed by a mysterious assassin and Bod had the good fortune to toddle out of the house on his own and wind up in the graveyard. He reminded me of the Luck Child at this part of the story.
Hi grows up learning about Fading, Haunting, opening Ghoul gates, and in general being a better person than your average child would be. He gets into one adventure after the other, usually because he is also quite stubborn and very curious -- a very lethal mix.
His last adventure is when he leaves the grave finally. But even then, I would like to read more about this extraordinary boy called Nobody Owens.
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