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The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
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Neil Richard Gaiman was born on November 10, 1960 in Portchester, England. He originated from a family of Eastern European Jewish decent. His father, David Bernard Gaiman worked at their family chain of stores while his mother, Sheila Gaiman was a pharmacist. In 1965 the family moved to East Grinstead, West Sussex where Neil grew up with a profound love for reading, beginning as early as age 4. Some of his favorite childhood books include [|J. R. R. Tolkien’s] The Lord of the Rings, [|C. S. Lewis’s] The Chronicles of Narnia, [|Lewis Carroll’s] Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Batman and other comics. Gaiman received early education at various church schools including Fonthill School in East Grinstead, Ardingly College, and Whitgift School in Croydon. http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2015/03/terry-pratchett.html
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After the grisly murder of his entire family, a toddler wanders into a graveyard where the ghosts and other supernatural residents agree to raise him as one of their own. Nobody Owens, known to his friends as Bod, is a normal boy. He would be completely normal if he didn't live in a sprawling graveyard, being raised and educated by ghosts, with a solitary guardian who belongs to neither the world of the living nor of the dead. There are dangers and adventures in the graveyard for a boy. But if Bod leaves the graveyard, then he will come under attack from the man Jack—who has already killed Bod's family. ..


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