The Graveyard Book

Nobody is a boy who grows up in a graveyard. His family was murdered when he was a kid. He is being raised by ghosts and other beings which are "‘neither dead nor alive" and learns many secrets of the graveyard along the way. 

BTSYA / Teen Reader (17):
I found this book absolutely spectacular. I loved every second and couldn’t stop once I started reading. [In fact, I read it all in one day.] The characters are so well written you can find yourself relating to each and every one of them. The more serious topics are handled with a sense of mystery, but in no way was it hard to handle at all.

As much as I loved it, I have to say the plot is hard to follow at times. Not in an I’m absolutely certain I have no idea what’s going on sense, mostly a wait a minute, was this mentioned before? sense. Although everything comes together and makes sense at the end, it would’ve been much nicer to have a little bit of an explanation on why we were reading about some of the things beforehand. That may just be me being a bit picky.

Lovers of spooky stories and ghosts won't be able to leave the graveyard until the story is done.

Although the audience is listed as 9 to 12, some of the material may be too mature for the younger end of that range. Teen says "As I was reading it, I was thinking to myself that some kids may be a bit scared by some of the things happening in the book or have questions about some things that parents of younger kids may not be all too comfortable answering."