This is a smart, dark, and consistently fun "re-telling" of The Jungle Book which replaces the jungle with a graveyard and the animals with ghosts, ghouls, and other creatures. It really deserves all the awards it won, and I really appreciate that, for what is supposedly a YA book, it doesn't pull any punches (in either content or vocabulary). It's a great book that I highly recommend - I'm sure it would've been one of my favorites if I'd read it as a kid. *Added bonus: Gaiman narrates the audio version and he sounds a lot like Alan Rickman from Harry Potter/Die Hard! Makes for a very entertaining listen.
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