Halloween Books Part Four: The Graveyard Book

I find my favorite books by Neil Gaiman are the ones for younger people. My favorites of his being Coraline and the Graveyard Book. I've been a big fan of Mr. Gaimans since the early 1990s when The Sandman first appeared so it's been gratifying to follow an author and see him write better and better books.

This is a kids book and its totally unsettling and wonderful. That's a combination I've only seen Mr. Gaiman pull off really well. This book is magic and it gets deeper and more shadowy right up to the end.

The structure is a bit like the Jungle Book, the part about Mowgli but instead of being raised by jungle animals the hero of this story is raised by ghosts and monsters.

A great Halloween read.