The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, 312 pagesA toddler escapes the man who has murdered his family, and finds refuge in a nearby graveyard, where the dead take it upon themselves to care for this young boy. The boy, who is given the name Nobody Owens by his ghostly caretakers, grows up in the graveyard, learning questionable school lessons from long-dead teachers and how to haunt from other ghosts. It's an unlikely story in every aspect, but, as he does with so many stories, Gaiman crafts it wonderfully, sprinkled with details that make this impossible tale seem so real. I particularly liked listening to the audiobook, which Gaiman reads himself, lending an extra element of wonderfulness to an already excellent tale. This was a winner for my whole family.
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