
by Neil Gaiman
I was warned to get past the first four pages before giving up. It did have a rather dark beginning. In my taste, too dark for young-adolescent readers.
Bod, Nobody Owens a young man raised by...ghost, and other haunts in a graveyard. The little subtle sociological references were interesting. Such as a little detail about appropriately addressing someone, depending on the time period they were from. Illustrating maturity by who Bod interacted with.
I ended the book with a deeper understanding that my taste is not for Fantasy. Yet, I can see how it won a Newbery Award.