Creepy, funny, fantastic, terrifying, what a wonderful story. Before I read Neil Gaiman's acknowledgments at the end, I could already tell the influence of The Jungle Books. Nobody "Bod" Owens was discovered in an ancient graveyard after the murder of his family. Since he was without family, he was adopted by a loving ghost couple and a mysterious guardian, Silas. He was given the freedom of the graveyard and, though human, could do some "ghostly" things. But he was not safe to leave the graveyard, as the man who murdered his family was still after him. Bod's adventures inside, outside & under the graveyard are bizarre and amazing.