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The Graveyard Book by: Neil Gaiman List Price: CDN$ 19.50 City Travel Guides Price: CDN$ 14.24 You Save: CDN$5.26 (27%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Hardcover EAN: 9780060530921 ISBN: 0060530928 Label: Children's Fiction Manufacturer: Children's Fiction Number Of Pages: 320 Publication Date: September 30, 2008 Publisher: Children's Fiction Reading Level: Ages 9-12 Studio: Children's Fiction Sales Rank: 230 Related Items:
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 Rating: - A jewel waiting to be discoveredI can add no more to EA Solinas' wonderful review of The Graveyard Book. I sought it out after hearing it praised by bookshop owners on CBC Radio. I was not disappointed. This book's adroit handling of sensitive subject matter (the mysterious murder of a sleeping family)and well fleshed characterization make it one of the best reads I have had in months. Particularly notable in that it is juvenile fiction. Engrossing and highly recommended. Rating: - It takes a graveyardImagine Rudyard Kipling's "Jungle Book"... but replace the animals with ghosts, ghouls, werewolves and other such supernatural creatures. Such is the concept of "The Graveyard Book," which cleverly turns Kipling's classic story into an exquisitely-written, darkly witty fantasy. While it starts as the assorted supernatural adventures of a young boy raised by ghosts, the story slowly evolves into a beautifully ghastly confrontation between Nobody Owens and the people who want to do him harm. "There was a hand in the darkness, and it held a knife." A man named Jack kills an innocent family at night -- except for a baby boy, who toddles out to the graveyard. With the approval of the Lady on the Grey, the Owens ... Read More: |
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