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The Graveyard Book

Neil Gaiman
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78 pages • 2 hours read

Neil Gaiman

The Graveyard Book

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

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  • Summary

  • Background

    • Chapter Summaries & Analyses

  • Chapter 1

  • Chapter 2-Interlude

  • Chapters 6-8

  • Character Analysis

  • Themes

  • Symbols & Motifs

  • Important Quotes

  • Essay Topics

    • Tools

  • Discussion Questions

    • Essay Topics

    1.

    Bod learns history and lore from the ghosts, who regale him with stories of their lives in past centuries. What’s lacking in this education, and how do Bod and Silas fill that gap?

    2.

    What is the Sleer, and what does it want? Explain why Bod and Scarlett aren’t afraid of it using citations from the text.

    3.

    What makes Bod vulnerable to the ghouls? How does he help in his own rescue from the ghoul Hell? Describe what he learns about Miss Lupescu in the process.

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