The Graveyard Book -

The story follows , a young boy who crawls into a graveyard as a baby after his family is murdered by a man named Jack. The graveyard's ghostly residents adopt him, granting him the "Freedom of the Graveyard," which allows him to move through walls and remain invisible to the living (a skill called "Fading"). As Bod grows from infancy to 15, he is raised by:

: His guardian, a mysterious figure who is neither alive nor dead (implied to be a vampire) and provides him with food and books from the outside world. The Graveyard Book

, written by Neil Gaiman and published in 2008, is a highly acclaimed young adult fantasy novel. It is famously the only work to win both the Newbery Medal and the Carnegie Medal. Plot Summary The story follows , a young boy who