Nobody Owens

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Nobody Owens is the orphaned boy raised by ghosts and other supernatural beings in Neil Gaiman's fantasy novel "The Graveyard Book."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
adoptiveFamily Mr. Owens NERFINISHED
Mrs. Owens NERFINISHED
adoptiveParentsType ghosts
ageAtStartOfStory toddler
alsoKnownAs Bod NERFINISHED
appearsIn The Graveyard Book NERFINISHED
appearsInGenre fantasy novel
associatedWith The Honour Guard NERFINISHED
basedOn Mowgli-type feral child archetype
canSee supernatural beings
the dead
centralCharacterOf The Graveyard Book NERFINISHED
creator Neil Gaiman NERFINISHED
educationFrom Miss Lupescu NERFINISHED
Silas NERFINISHED
ghosts
familyNameOrigin Owens family NERFINISHED
fictionalUniverse The Graveyard Book universe NERFINISHED
firstPublicationYearOfWork 2008
friend Liza Hempstock NERFINISHED
Scarlett Amber Perkins NERFINISHED
fullName Nobody Owens NERFINISHED
gender male
givenName Nobody NERFINISHED
growsUpIn graveyard community
guardian Silas NERFINISHED
hasAbility Dreamwalking
Fade NERFINISHED
Haunt NERFINISHED
inspiredByWork The Jungle Book NERFINISHED
languageOfWork English
medium prose fiction
narrativeRole protagonist
nationalityInLife British
raisedBy ghosts
supernatural beings
raisedIn graveyard
residence graveyard
status orphan
surname Owens NERFINISHED
survived attempted murder of his family
themeInvolvement coming of age
identity
life and death
threatenedBy the man Jack NERFINISHED

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The Graveyard Book mainCharacter Nobody Owens
The Graveyard Book protagonist Nobody Owens