The Graveyard Book

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The Graveyard Book is a darkly whimsical children's fantasy novel by Neil Gaiman about an orphaned boy raised by ghosts in a graveyard.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf children's novel
dark fantasy novel
fantasy novel
novel
author Neil Gaiman
awarded Carnegie Medal
Hugo Award for Best Novel
Locus Award
surface form: Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book

Newbery Medal
containsElement ghosts
supernatural creatures
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
coverArtist Dave McKean
genre children's fantasy
dark fantasy
horror
hasAdaptation The Graveyard Book self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Graveyard Book graphic novel

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surface form: The Graveyard Book stage adaptation
hasCharacter Miss Lupescu
Scarlett Amber Perkins
Silas
The Man Jack
hasIllustrator Chris Riddell
Dave McKean
inspiredBy The Jungle Book
isbn 978-0-06-053092-1
language English
mainCharacter Nobody Owens
mediaType hardcover
paperback
print
narrativePerspective third-person
notableFor winning both the Newbery Medal and the Carnegie Medal
pages 312
protagonist Nobody Owens
publicationDate 2008
publisher Bloomsbury Publishing
HarperCollins
setting English town
graveyard
structure eight chapters
targetAudience children
young adults
theme belonging
death
family
growing up
identity

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Neil Gaiman notableWork The Graveyard Book
Neil Gaiman wrote The Graveyard Book
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this entity surface form: The Graveyard Book graphic novel
The Graveyard Book hasAdaptation The Graveyard Book self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: The Graveyard Book stage adaptation