Because the residents of graveyard were hiding him from the man Jack. The man Jack followed him to the graveyard, but he couldn’t catch the baby. She met his mother’s ghost and promised to take care of her baby. The baby was founded by Mistress Owen who died a hundred years ago and never had a child. But he escaped from house and crawled to the old graveyard near his house. When he was a toddler, his family was killed by a man of Jack at his house. This is a slow moving story but it is also a well-written story of a boy growing up with an unusual family. He’s already written over 50 books and won many awards both in UK and US. Gaiman writes book for all ages, including the following collections and picture books for young reader. His first book was a Duran Duran biography. Gaiman began his writing career as a journalist in England.
He described himself as a feral child who was raised in library. As a child he loves books, reading, and stories, he loves to spent time at library and devoured many books. The author Neil Gaiman was born in Hampshire, UK, and now lives in the United States. ‘The Graveyard Book,’ with its illustrations by Chris Riddell, was also shortlisted for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal for illustration – the first time a book has made both Medal shortlists in 30 years. The awarding of the 2010 UK CILIP Carnegie Medal makes Gaiman the first author ever to win both the Newbery Medal and the Carnegie Medal with the same book. First published in the UK at the end of 2008, ‘The Graveyard Book’ has won the UK’s Booktrust Prize for Teenage Fiction and the Newbery Medal, the highest honor given in US children’s literature, as well as the Locus Young Adult Award and the Hugo Best Novel Prize. A boy sit by the tombstone is drawn on the bluish cover represent graveyard atmosphere. The book is published by Harper Collins Publisher and illustrated by Dave McKean. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman is a children novel though it can be read by all ages.
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