As Bod grows up he begins to realise that perhaps his life is not like other boys; that is maybe not normal to live in a graveyard and have two ghosts as your adopted parents. However he soon realises that it is the strange life that saved his life as a baby and may save his life again...
There is something magical about a children's book that gets it right, something that transports to you to another world. It is impossible to describe the feeling I get when I read a beautifully crafted book so I suppose I should just suggest that you read this one and find out for yourself what the magic is!
"There was a hand in the darkness, and it held a knife. The knife had a handle of polished black bone, and a blade finer and sharper than any razor. If it sliced you, you might not even know you had been cut, not immediately.
The knife had done almost everything it was brought to that house to do, and both the blade and the handle were wet."
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