The Graveyard Book - Neil Gaiman; Chris Riddell (Paperback) 05-10-2009 Winner of Kate Greenaway Medal 2010 and John Newbery Medal 2009 and Hugo Award: Novel Category 2009 and Booktrust Teenage Prize 2009. Short-listed for Carnegie Medal 2010.

When a baby escapes a murderer intent on killing the entire family, who would have thought it would find safety and security in the local graveyard? Brought up by the resident ghosts, ghouls and spectres, Bod has an eccentric childhood learning about life from the dead. But for Bod there is also the danger of the murderer still looking for him - after all, he is the last remaining member of the family. A stunningly original novel deftly constructed over eight chapters, featuring every second year of Bod's life, from babyhood to adolescence. Will Bod survive to be a man?