The Graveyard Book

Author: Neil Gaiman
Rating:4/5
Ages: 9+

Summary:
Bod was adopted as a baby, and has grown into a normal boy. As normal as a boy who was adopted and raised by ghosts that is. He lives in an old and sprawling graveyard, and only has only ever met one other living person, well half-living, and that is his mysterious guardian Silas. Bod's adventures in and around (and below) the graveyard will not leave you bored.

Thoughts:
I read this a few years ago, and I admit I'm a little foggy on the details of my first impressions of the book. I do know that enjoyed reading this book, and that it was fun to read about Bod's adventures growing up in a graveyard -learning the secrets of ghosts, venturing where he was told never to go, even the loneliness the first time he makes a wholly human friend. This was a good adventure with a little bit of mystery and darkness.

The thing that still stands out for me is the character Silas. We never do learn very much about him, just that he lives in both worlds, ghost and human. I would love it if Gaiman wrote a companion novel just about Silas and his adventures, or history.