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Knowledge Organiser: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman Summary
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Novel: The Graveyard Book
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Author: Neil Gaiman Pages: 288 Audio length: 7 hours 43 minutes Genre: Mystery, gothic, fantasy
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Vocabulary
Supernatural: an event or person that cannot be explained by the laws of science or the natural world
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Prophesy: saying something that will happen in the future Assassin: a person who is hired to murder someone Perpetuity: something that lasts forever
Crypt: an underground room used as a burial place
Mausoleum: an impressive building housing a group of tombs
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Main characters
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Bod (Nobody Owens): a human child raised by ghosts in a graveyard. Given the Freedom of the Graveyard so he can live like a ghost.
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Scarlett Amber Perkins: Bod’s best childhood friend. Scarlett moves away for ten years but returns and is tricked by the man Jack, who has assumed the persona of affable local historian Mr Frost. The man Jack (or Jack Frost): an evil assassin sent by the Jacks of All Trades to murder Bod and his family to prevent a prophesy from coming true.
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Silas: Bod’s guardian. Well respected in the supernatural world. Possibly a vampire. Takes good care of Bod.
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Mr and Mrs Owens: Bod’s ghost parents who live in the graveyard. They love Bod like the child they never had. Bod’s family: murdered by the man Jack when Bod is a small baby.
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Liza Hempstock: Bod’s friend. Buried in the graveyard accused of being a witch. Bod buys her a headstone to mark her grave.
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The Sleer: a supernatural snake-like being looking for a new master. Protects his treasure in the barrow grave. The Ghouls: a group of ghouls who kidnap Bod and try take him to Ghûlheim (hell). Miss Lupescu: a Hound of God or a werewolf. Guardian to Bod when Silas is away. Rescues Bod from Ghûlheim. Dies protecting Bod. The Lady on the Grey: mythical woman on a big white horse. Comes to take people away when they die.
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