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Sarah
Jun 08, 2009 rated it really liked it
Shelves: owned, young-adult, newbery-medal, gr-author, magic-sci-fi-fantasy, book-club-dm
I really love Gaiman's writing style, and the way the chapters read like individual episodes but then are tied together at the end is really interesting. But I don't think the story of this book is quite as "inventive" as the blurbs on the back cover claim. The story begins with the murder of a family, but the toddler boy, who was the main intended victim, escapes unharmed. Sound familiar? Yeah. An awful lot like Harry Potter, right? The story is literally as old as Moses.

The baby boy escapes in ...more
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Jana
Apr 16, 2010 rated it liked it
This was an enjoyable listen while I was commuting to and from school. I'm not sure it would be such a good book for my son, though... The vocabulary and topics are a bit of a stretch. He is 10 years old. ...more
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Patrick
Jun 06, 2013 rated it it was amazing
I have to give this 5 stars and I give very few of my books the full 5. If I was any good at writing reviews by the end of this one you'd be ecstatic to get your hands on this one. I really can't say anything bad about this book. I'll have to pick up more by Neil Gaiman.

A child brought up in a Graveyard - what could be more mysterious than that. They name him 'Nobody'. Follow him through a thrilling ride with the living, the dead, and the most intriguing group of people in the middle. ...more
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Lisa
Jul 16, 2009 rated it liked it
Astrid Lim
Aug 15, 2009 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: fantasy, young-adult, newbery, gothic
Jennifer Eklund
Aug 25, 2009 rated it it was ok
Julie
Mar 23, 2010 rated it it was amazing
Oana
Apr 25, 2010 marked it as to-read
Shelves: children-s-lit
Claire Fun
Jan 27, 2011 rated it it was amazing
Mirja
May 02, 2011 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Katy
Aug 29, 2011 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: ya, scifi-fantasy
Joerg
Dec 16, 2011 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: fiction-america
Beth
Jun 29, 2012 rated it really liked it
Kami Smith
Sep 13, 2012 rated it it was amazing
Dana Arbelaez
Jan 17, 2013 marked it as to-read
Megan
Feb 10, 2013 marked it as to-read
Rosemary
Apr 16, 2014 rated it really liked it
SarahC
Jun 01, 2014 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Scott Flicker
Feb 04, 2015 marked it as to-read
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Mar 23, 2015 marked it as to-read
Whittney
May 04, 2015 rated it it was amazing
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Jen
Mar 19, 2016 marked it as to-read
Ching-In
Jul 30, 2018 rated it really liked it
Shelves: heard-books, fiction, children-s-ya
Grace
Jun 07, 2017 rated it it was amazing
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Jillian
Sep 16, 2017 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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