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[[File:The_Graveyard_Book_8526.jpg|frame|It's [[The Jungle Book (Literature)|The Jungle Book]], [[Recycled in Space|recycled IN A GRAVEYARD!]]]
[[File:The_Graveyard_Book_8526.jpg|frame|It's [[The Jungle Book (novel)|The Jungle Book]], [[Recycled in Space|recycled IN A GRAVEYARD!]]]
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''[[What Do You Mean It's for Kids?|There was a hand in the darkness, and it held a knife.]]''
''[[What Do You Mean It's for Kids?|There was a hand in the darkness, and it held a knife.]]''
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When a young boy's family is killed, he takes refuge in a graveyard. The dead there take him in, and dub him Nobody Owens (although his friends call him Bod). There, taken care of by a vampire, a werewolf and his adoptive (but dead) parents, Bod learns from the dead all the things he needs to know about life. But the world outside of the graveyard where he is sheltered is not a safe place. The people who killed his family are still out there, and they are searching for him. Badass ensues.
When a young boy's family is killed, he takes refuge in a graveyard. The dead there take him in, and dub him Nobody Owens (although his friends call him Bod). There, taken care of by a vampire, a werewolf and his adoptive (but dead) parents, Bod learns from the dead all the things he needs to know about life. But the world outside of the graveyard where he is sheltered is not a safe place. The people who killed his family are still out there, and they are searching for him. Badass ensues.


Think of a gothic [[The Jungle Book (Literature)|Jungle Book]]. Written by [[Neil Gaiman]] and published in 2008. Illustrated by [[Dave McKean]] in the US edition and [[The Edge Chronicles|Chris Riddell]] in the UK.
Think of a gothic [[The Jungle Book (novel)|Jungle Book]]. Written by [[Neil Gaiman]] and published in 2008. Illustrated by [[Dave McKean]] in the US edition and [[The Edge Chronicles|Chris Riddell]] in the UK.


Has won a swag of awards, including the [[Hugo Award]] and both the [[Newbery Medal]] and the [[Carnegie Medal]].
Has won a swag of awards, including the [[Hugo Award]] and both the [[Newbery Medal]] and the [[Carnegie Medal]].
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* [[Don't Fear the Reaper]]: The Lady on the Grey. She actually tells the dead to take care of Bod.
* [[Don't Fear the Reaper]]: The Lady on the Grey. She actually tells the dead to take care of Bod.
* [[Downer Beginning]]: The book starts with the murder of Bod's family.
* [[Downer Beginning]]: The book starts with the murder of Bod's family.
* [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin]]: {{spoiler|The Jacks of All Trades is an organization of men from a variety of trades that are all named Jack. Who happen to practice some form of necromancy.}}
* [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]: {{spoiler|The Jacks of All Trades is an organization of men from a variety of trades that are all named Jack. Who happen to practice some form of necromancy.}}
* [[Expy]]: From [[The Jungle Book (Literature)|The Jungle Book]], of course. There are probably even more than the ones that are listed.
* [[Expy]]: From [[The Jungle Book (novel)|The Jungle Book]], of course. There are probably even more than the ones that are listed.
** Mowgli: Nobody Owens.
** Mowgli: Nobody Owens.
** Mother and Father Wolf: The Owens
** Mother and Father Wolf: The Owens
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* [[In Name Only]]: The ghouls who bear the names of famous public figures aren't really them; as they later reveal that ghouls' names are given to them after they become ghouls.
* [[In Name Only]]: The ghouls who bear the names of famous public figures aren't really them; as they later reveal that ghouls' names are given to them after they become ghouls.
** To clarify, they are named after their first meal, and prefer to pick noteworthy dinners.
** To clarify, they are named after their first meal, and prefer to pick noteworthy dinners.
* [[King in The Mountain]]
* [[King in the Mountain]]
* [[Kuudere]]: Silas is a male example.
* [[Kuudere]]: Silas is a male example.
* [[Meaningful Name]]
* [[Meaningful Name]]
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* [[Werewolf Theme Naming]]: Ms. Lupescu.
* [[Werewolf Theme Naming]]: Ms. Lupescu.
* [[What Do You Mean It's for Kids?]]: I hope your child likes murder!
* [[What Do You Mean It's for Kids?]]: I hope your child likes murder!
* [[What Happened to The Mouse?]]: Although the Sleer make several reappearances, we never do find out who their original master was...or indeed anything about him at all.
* [[What Happened to the Mouse?]]: Although the Sleer make several reappearances, we never do find out who their original master was...or indeed anything about him at all.
* [[Who Is This Guy Again?]]: Bod in school. See below.
* [[Who Is This Guy Again?]]: Bod in school. See below.
* [[Whole-Plot Reference]]: The book as a whole is heavily inspired by ''[[The Jungle Book (Literature)|The Jungle Book]]'', but some of the chapters deserve special mention:
* [[Whole-Plot Reference]]: The book as a whole is heavily inspired by ''[[The Jungle Book (novel)|The Jungle Book]]'', but some of the chapters deserve special mention:
** {{spoiler|Kaa's Hunting/The Hounds of God}}: A young boy, feeling frustrated at the no-nonsense attitude of his mentor, attempts to escape his predicament by joining a seemingly fun-loving band of mischievous creatures. He discovers that these creatures don't have intentions as innocent as they made out and ends up in far over his head. In a fit of desperation he calls to a flying creature for help in a language his mentor taught him shortly before his capture. A large and fearsome animal heeds his call for aid, and its appearance strikes terror into the hearts of his would-be captors. They abandon the boy to the mercies of his rescuer.
** {{spoiler|Kaa's Hunting/The Hounds of God}}: A young boy, feeling frustrated at the no-nonsense attitude of his mentor, attempts to escape his predicament by joining a seemingly fun-loving band of mischievous creatures. He discovers that these creatures don't have intentions as innocent as they made out and ends up in far over his head. In a fit of desperation he calls to a flying creature for help in a language his mentor taught him shortly before his capture. A large and fearsome animal heeds his call for aid, and its appearance strikes terror into the hearts of his would-be captors. They abandon the boy to the mercies of his rescuer.
** {{spoiler|Mowgli's Brothers/How Nobody Came to the Graveyard}}: A cruel and sadistic villain murders an entire family, but their infant son eludes his grasp. He is discovered and protected by a charitable [[Raised By Natives|native couple]], but their peers urge them to give up the child because he belongs to a group outside of their social order. They are all eventually persuaded to adopt the child when swayed by the urgings of their leader and a [[Dark Is Not Evil|shadowy predator]] living on their outskirts.
** {{spoiler|Mowgli's Brothers/How Nobody Came to the Graveyard}}: A cruel and sadistic villain murders an entire family, but their infant son eludes his grasp. He is discovered and protected by a charitable [[Raised by Natives|native couple]], but their peers urge them to give up the child because he belongs to a group outside of their social order. They are all eventually persuaded to adopt the child when swayed by the urgings of their leader and a [[Dark Is Not Evil|shadowy predator]] living on their outskirts.
** {{spoiler|The King's Ankus/The Witch's Headstone}}: A boy journeys into an ancient and forgotten ruin underneath the earth, where he encounters a serpent as old as the ruin itself. The serpent is entrusted in guarding the priceless treasures that lie beneath the ground, and although initially intimidating, the serpent turns out to be insane and rather pitiful. The boy, against the serpent's wishes, robs the tomb of a treasure only to find out that the treasure is [[Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane|cursed in a way that makes it act as a catalyst for human greed]]. The boy is immune to its charms, but other men end up killing each other in order to possess the forbidden prize, and the boy ends up returning the item back to its original place to the smug satisfaction of the serpent.
** {{spoiler|The King's Ankus/The Witch's Headstone}}: A boy journeys into an ancient and forgotten ruin underneath the earth, where he encounters a serpent as old as the ruin itself. The serpent is entrusted in guarding the priceless treasures that lie beneath the ground, and although initially intimidating, the serpent turns out to be insane and rather pitiful. The boy, against the serpent's wishes, robs the tomb of a treasure only to find out that the treasure is [[Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane|cursed in a way that makes it act as a catalyst for human greed]]. The boy is immune to its charms, but other men end up killing each other in order to possess the forbidden prize, and the boy ends up returning the item back to its original place to the smug satisfaction of the serpent.
* [[You Can See Me?]]: Bod's signature move when in school is to be unnoticed and forgotten, at least until he starts to get involved with the other students. This also happens whenever a living character who can see the supernatural meets the Sleer.
* [[You Can See Me?]]: Bod's signature move when in school is to be unnoticed and forgotten, at least until he starts to get involved with the other students. This also happens whenever a living character who can see the supernatural meets the Sleer.
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