![]() The Graveyard Book is not overtly sleazy. What could possibly be wrong with that? After all, aren’t we talking about a Young Adults fiction market chock-full of books about witchcraft, sexual anarchy, paganism, and open hostility to Christianity? Many awards have been won by books fitting one or more of those descriptions. It’s quite a combination-a prestige book by a highly-acclaimed author. He has enjoyed just about all the success that can come to an author. ![]() It’s easy to bash a book because it’s full of sleaze, carries an immoral message, or is just plain idiotic-not to mention books that are all of the above.īut Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book won the highest award you can win for children’s fiction: the John Newbery Medal “for the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.” And I’d be willing to bet that Gaiman, a Briton, is the only living author who has won the Newbery, the Nebula (for best science fiction published in the U.S.A.), and the Hugo Award (best science fiction published anywhere). ![]() The Graveyard by Neil Gaiman (HarperCollins Children’s Books, New York: 2008) ![]()
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