nicely paced. heart-warming tale of a baby boy, orphaned through murder, and raised by the denizens of a local cemetery, with a vampire and a werewolf for mentors 
 apparently modeled on th eJungle Book 
 fairly typical young adult fantasy fare, he picks up variety of supernatural skills in preparation for his quest to avenge his family's murders 
 hinted at depths in the backgrounds of the other characters and a prophecy relating to the child