The Graveyard Book
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Year this Award was Won:
2 009
Award Win Active Date:
Sunday, December 31, 1899 - 18:00
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1 175
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WIN
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Graveyard Book
Winner Description:
by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Dave McKean, and published by HarperCollins Children's Books.
Winner Blurb:
A delicious mix of murder, fantasy, humor and human longing, the tale of Nobody Owens is told in magical, haunting prose. A child marked for death by an ancient league of assassins escapes into an abandoned graveyard, where he is reared and protected by its spirit denizens.
"A child named Nobody, an assassin, a graveyard and the dead are the perfect combination in this deliciously creepy tale, which is sometimes humorous, sometimes haunting and sometimes surprising," said Newbery Committee Chair Rose V. Treviño.
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The Graveyard Book
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Book
Winner Detail Create Date:
Friday, July 31, 2009 - 10:19
Winner Detail Change Date:
Saturday, August 22, 2009 - 04:27
Winner Detail Change ID:
101
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