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Gaiman gets mileage out of the Jack plot and Bod's temptations to try out "real life with living people" once in a while outside the graveyard (where he is "protected"). In addition, many sub-plots centered on ghouls and crypt curses and witches in unconsecrated ground are developed nicely, keeping the pages turning as briskly as a Halloween Night breeze.

Many minor characters, but one, Bod's mentor Silas, who is neither of the dead or the living (you'll have to figure it out yourself cause I couldn't), is particularly well-developed and deserving of our sympathies. Must-read YA fare that even adults can enjoy. Heck, I might even check out Kipling's book (like most people, I've seen the Disney schtick but never read the book. It's always synchronicity when one book leads to another. That or serendipity maybe...]]>