The Graveyard Book
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Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Interlude Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8
Themes
All Themes Community, Identity, and Coming of Age Parents and Guardians Life and Death Good, Evil, and Assumptions
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Characters
All Characters Nobody “Bod” Owens Scarlett Amber Perkins Liza Hempstock/The Witch Silas Jack Frost Miss Lupescu The Sleer Mrs. Owens Mr. Owens Nick Mo Nehemiah Trot Scarlett’s Mother The Ghouls Abanazer Bolger Josiah Worthington Thackeray Porringer Caius Pompeius The Ghost (Bod’s Biological Mother) Mother Slaughter The Lady on the Grey The Indigo Man Paul Singh Alonso Jones
Terms
All Terms Barrow
Symbols
All Symbols Liza’s Headstone Freedom of the Graveyard The Macabray (Danse Macabre)
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The Graveyard Book

by Neil Gaiman
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Introduction Intro
Plot Summary Plot
Summary & Analysis
  • Chapter 1
  • Chapter 2
  • Chapter 3
  • Chapter 4
  • Chapter 5
  • Interlude
  • Chapter 6
  • Chapter 7
  • Chapter 8
Themes
  • All Themes
  • Community, Identity, and Coming of Age Theme Icon
    Community, Identity, and Coming of Age
  • Parents and Guardians Theme Icon
    Parents and Guardians
  • Life and Death Theme Icon
    Life and Death
  • Good, Evil, and Assumptions Theme Icon
    Good, Evil, and Assumptions
Quotes
Characters
  • All Characters
  • Nobody “Bod” Owens
  • Scarlett Amber Perkins
  • Liza Hempstock/The Witch
  • Silas
  • Jack Frost
  • Miss Lupescu
  • The Sleer
  • Mrs. Owens
  • Mr. Owens
  • Nick
  • Mo
  • Nehemiah Trot
  • Scarlett’s Mother
  • The Ghouls
  • Abanazer Bolger
  • Josiah Worthington
  • Thackeray Porringer
  • Caius Pompeius
  • The Ghost (Bod’s Biological Mother)
  • Mother Slaughter
  • The Lady on the Grey
  • The Indigo Man
  • Paul Singh
  • Alonso Jones
Terms
  • All Terms
  • Barrow
Symbols
  • All Symbols
  • Liza’s Headstone Symbol Icon
    Liza’s Headstone
  • Freedom of the Graveyard Symbol Icon
    Freedom of the Graveyard
  • The Macabray (Danse Macabre) Symbol Icon
    The Macabray (Danse Macabre)
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Barrows are underground burial sites. Like the barrow grave in the novel, most barrows feature an underground room of sorts that was originally created within a man-made hill. Barrows first became common in Britain around… read analysis of Barrow
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