The 2009 Newbery Winner, The Graveyard Book, is a tale of ghostly proportions. When a hitman tries to kill an entire family, the infant crawls out of his crib, past the front door, and to a graveyard for safety. The ghosts living in the graveyard realize the little boy needs protecting and decide to give him "run of the graveyard". Naming him Bod--short for Nobody--the ghosts help the boy grow from infant to small child to young adult. During his stay in the graveyard, he learns history from those who lived it.
Throughout Bod's time in the graveyard, the hitman realizes he must finish the job he was assigned to do. With each new attempt at capturing Bod, the ghosts work hard to protect him from the evils of the real world.
This is an excellent book from the author of Coraline and worthy of all the praise it has recieved.
