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After creeping through the gaps in the railings the young child is then adopted by the ghostly inhabitants of the graveyard, at the pleading request of his mother's spirit. In the middle of the night a family is murdered in their beds, but the job isn't complete, the youngest child, a small baby, escapes the fate of his family and toddles off in the direction of the local graveyard. It’s going to make a great film, but as always it is a better experience to read the book. The writing style though easy enough for children, is very descriptive and distinctive. It won the Carnegie medal this year for children’s fiction, and this novel deserved to win. The end of the novel is exciting and has a twist that this reader did not see coming. The way Bod deals with the school bullies is truly inspired. Other chapters concentrate on what it is like being the outsider when you are growing up. Bishop of Bath and Wells, the Emperor of China and the Thirty-third President of the United States. Ghouls take the name of the dead person that they ate first e.g. ‘The Hounds of God’ is particularly bleak, and very funny. They all have a dark sense of humour, and cover Bod’s life until he is 15 years old.
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The Chris Riddell edition has full page illustrations before each chapter, giving a hint at what kind of story the reader can expect. This makes it ideal for dipping into, and for reading at bedtime. Nearly every chapter is a self contained short story about an incident in Bod’s life. Parents should read that bit and then decide. The novel is aimed at 8 – 11 year olds, but the gruesome murder descriptions in the first chapter may push the age up. He is raised by ghosts, Mr and Mrs Owens with the help of his guardian, Silas, who is neither alive nor dead.
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This is the story of Bod (Nobody Owens) who had to live in a graveyard because all his family had been murdered.