Neil Gaiman’s “The Graveyard Book” Wins Audiobook of the Year
June 2, 2009
Author and narrator Neil Gaiman was awarded the coveted “Audiobook of the Year” Audie Award in New York City this passed Friday night for his audiobook, “The Graveyard Book”.
Bod is an unusual boy who inhabits an unusual place-he’s the only living resident of a graveyard. Raised from infancy by the ghosts, werewolves, and other cemetery denizens, Bod has learned the antiquated customs of his guardians’ time as well as their timely ghostly teachings-like the ability to Fade. Can a boy raised by ghosts face the wonders and terrors of the worlds of both the living and the dead? And then there are things like ghouls that aren’t really one thing or the other.
This chilling tale is Neil Gaiman’s first full-length novel for middle-grade readers since the internationally bestselling and universally acclaimed Coraline. Like Coraline, this book is sure to enchant and surprise young readers as well as Neil Gaiman’s legion of adult fans.
Source: Voices.com / NeilGaiman.com
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