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[[File:The_Graveyard_Book_8526.jpg|frame|It's [[The Jungle Book (
{{quote|''[[What Do You Mean It's for Kids?|There was a hand in the darkness, and it held a knife.]]''}}
When a young boy's family is killed, he takes refuge in a graveyard. The dead there take him in, and dub him Nobody Owens (although his friends call him Bod). There, taken care of by a vampire, a werewolf and his adoptive (but dead) parents, Bod learns from the dead all the things he needs to know about life. But the world outside of the graveyard where he is sheltered is not a safe place. The people who killed his family are still out there, and they are searching for him. Badass ensues.
Think of a gothic [[The Jungle Book (
Has won a swag of awards, including the [[Hugo Award]] and both the [[Newbery Medal]] and the [[Carnegie Medal]].
A movie is, as of 2010, in pre-production, set to be directed by [[The Nightmare Before Christmas|Henry]] [[Coraline|Selick]] over at [[Disney]].
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* [[Ancient Conspiracy]]: {{spoiler|The Jacks of All Trades}} are a good example of this.
** And possibly {{spoiler|the Honour Guard}}.
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* [[Don't Fear the Reaper]]: The Lady on the Grey. She actually tells the dead to take care of Bod.
* [[Downer Beginning]]: The book starts with the murder of Bod's family.
* [[Exactly What It Says
* [[Expy]]: From [[The Jungle Book (
** Mowgli: Nobody Owens.
** Mother and Father Wolf: The Owens
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* [[Genocide Backfire]]
* [[The Grim Reaper]]: The Lady on the Grey is the Gaimanian form of Death (though she's probably not [[The Sandman|that]] form of Death).
* [[Harsh Life Revelation Aesop]]: Nobody Owens and his adoptive family state that the dead can't hurt you, but the living very well can. Most of the ghosts and creatures that Bod encounters while growing up are [[Ambiguously Evil]] at worst, with the Sleer seeking a Master to protect and the ghouls genuinely thinking that taking Bod to their land will give him a better life. It's the living humans in the town and school that pose a bigger thread, from the pawnshop owner that tries to kidnap Bod when he attempts to sell some artifacts to buy Liza Hempstock a headstone, to the bullies that force kids to shoplift CDs and blackmail them. That's not even to mention the Man Jack, the knife man who killed Bod's family and wants to finish the job with Bod himself.
* [[Heel Face Turn]]: Silas apparently did one when he was younger.
* [[I'm Not Afraid of You]]: The Indigo Man is just an illusion, and once the children realize that, he disappears.
* [[In Name Only]]: The ghouls who bear the names of famous public figures aren't really them; as they later reveal that ghouls' names are given to them after they become ghouls.
** To clarify, they are named after their first meal, and prefer to pick noteworthy dinners.
* [[King in
* [[Kuudere]]: Silas is a male example.
* [[Meaningful Name]]
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* [[Werewolf Theme Naming]]: Ms. Lupescu.
* [[What Do You Mean It's for Kids?]]: I hope your child likes murder!
* [[What Happened to
* [[Who Is This Guy Again?]]: Bod in school. See below.
* [[Whole-Plot Reference]]: The book as a whole is heavily inspired by ''[[The Jungle Book (
** {{spoiler|Kaa's Hunting/The Hounds of God}}: A young boy, feeling frustrated at the no-nonsense attitude of his mentor, attempts to escape his predicament by joining a seemingly fun-loving band of mischievous creatures. He discovers that these creatures don't have intentions as innocent as they made out and ends up in far over his head. In a fit of desperation he calls to a flying creature for help in a language his mentor taught him shortly before his capture. A large and fearsome animal heeds his call for aid, and its appearance strikes terror into the hearts of his would-be captors. They abandon the boy to the mercies of his rescuer.
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* [[You Can See Me?]]: Bod's signature move when in school is to be unnoticed and forgotten, at least until he starts to get involved with the other students. This also happens whenever a living character who can see the supernatural meets the Sleer.
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[[Category:World Fantasy Award]]
[[Category:Fantasy Literature]]
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[[Category:Literature of the 2000s]]
[[Category:Newbery Medal]]
[[Category:Hugo Award]]
▲[[Category:Carnegie Medal]]
▲[[Category:The Graveyard Book]]
[[Category:Literature]]
[[Category:British Literature]]
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