The Graveyard Book, Volume 2 - by Neil Gaiman & P Craig Russell (Hardcover)

Number of Pages: 176
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
Sub-Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Harperalley
Age Range: Teen
Book theme: General
Author: Neil Gaiman & P Craig Russell
Language: English

About the Book

The concluding volume of the graphic novel adaptation of the book about a boy, raised by the inhabitants of the local graveyard who rally to protect him from a league of villains named Jack that seeks to destroy him.

Book Synopsis

The second volume of a glorious two-volume, four-color graphic novel adaptation of Neil Gaiman's #1 New York Times bestselling and Newbery and Carnegie Medal-winning novel The Graveyard Book, adapted by P. Craig Russell and illustrated by an extraordinary team of renowned artists.

Inventive, chilling, and filled with wonder, Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book reaches new heights in this stunning adaptation. Artists Kevin Nowlan, P. Craig Russell, Galen Showman, Scott Hampton, and David Lafuente lend their own signature styles to create an imaginatively diverse and yet cohesive interpretation of Neil Gaiman's luminous novel.

Volume Two includes chapter six to the end of the book.

From the Back Cover

It Takes a Graveyard to Raise a Child.

Nobody Owens, known as Bod, is a normal boy. He would be completely normal if he didn't live in a graveyard, being raised by ghosts, and didn't have a guardian who belongs to neither the world of the living nor the dead.

There are adventures in the graveyard for a boy, and if Bod leaves, he will be in danger from the man Jack--who has already killed Bod's family. Despite the danger, Bod wants to leave the graveyard to attend school with the living and find out more about his family's murder. But when Bod uses the Fear on two bullies and gets too close to the man Jack, he will put more things at risk than he knows.

Each chapter in this adaptation by P. Craig Russell is illustrated by a different luminary from the comic book world, showcasing a variety of styles from a breadth of talent. Together, they bring Neil Gaiman's award-winning, nationally bestselling novel The Graveyard Book to new life in this gorgeously illustrated two-volume graphic novel adaptation.

This volume includes Chapter Six through the end of the book.

Review Quotes

"Volumes 1 and 2 are a grand, elegant envisioning of Gaiman's dark imagination...fans of the lauded first volume of the project will eagerly turn out for this artful conclusion."--Booklist

"All the strengths of the first volume carry forward under the direction of established Gaiman collaborator and adaptor P. Craig Russell. Full-color panels by a variety of artists convey Gaiman's prose faithfully, with all its eerie and emotional impact."--Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (starred review)

"Astounding, transfixing, sublime, and beautiful....just a few words to describe this wonderful graphic novel adaptation of the second half of Gaiman's The Graveyard Book. Consider this a lovely interpretation of the story's resolution."--Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)

"Essential reading for fans of Gaiman's original and those who enjoyed the first entry."--School Library Journal