Talk:The Graveyard Book

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In the UK edition of the book, at least, it is not Scarlett and her mother who come to live in Bod's old house, it is Jack Frost. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.85.33.76 (talk) 20:21, 10 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

In the US edition as well, Jack Frost is living in the house that Bod used to live in. Scarlett and her mother live in another part of the town. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.177.48.108 (talk) 03:51, 13 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

newbery award[edit]

Shouldn't we have a new picture of the graveyard book? It has won the newbery award you know.--Spittlespat 01:55, 24 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

What do you mean, "a new picture"? The current one was just added today, and it's of the 1st edition per infobox guidelines. María (habla conmigo) 02:32, 24 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

If you haven't had noticed yet... THe graveyard book has won a newbery award and now has a shiny gold metal on it.--Spittlespat 19:47, 2 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The "shiny gold metal [sic]" is a sticker; the 1st edition book cover has not changed. Since the novel infobox requires an image of the 1st edition cover, and that is what the article currently provides, there is no need to update. Hope this makes sense now. María (habla conmigo) 20:17, 2 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Plot Points[edit]

Shouldn't the paragraph about jack being Mr Frost be removed since it explains plot points? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.180.58.204 (talk) 00:15, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

See WP:SPOILER: "It is not acceptable to delete information from an article because you think it spoils the plot." :) María (habla conmigo) 02:11, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

These are the accurate official chapter titles, not something made by the wiki — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.22.176.11 (talk) 03:18, 30 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Spoiler Alert[edit]

When Longinus buried the lance, he carved the name of the guardian in stone and told the guardian to wait until someone called him by his real name. It was obvious and still hidden: Longinus had only his Latin letters to write down the name. But the language to give those letters meaning was from the future. So the sleer waits until someone pronounces the letters like Longinus used to do.

User:Corwin Griffin —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.78.204.112 (talk) 11:19, 16 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The Witch's Headstone[edit]

"The Witch's Headstone" redirects to this article, but I don't see an explanation of why. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.173.194.187 (talk) 15:22, 31 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It's the title of one of the chapters of the book. I'm not sure we actually need to give the chapter names, but anyone who wants to add them can do so. Robofish (talk) 21:38, 26 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Witches Headstone has also separately been published as a Short Story. 72.224.172.14 (talk) 17:37, 2 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Horror[edit]

Previous {infobox} editors put this story in the horror genre but prose editors have not described it as horror. I have labeled other Carnegie Medal winning works supernatural fiction or put them in Category:ghost stories but this is my first meeting with horror, afaik. Essentially in ignorance, I have linked to Portal:Horror in the See also {Portal bar}. ... Now I see that the Fantasy portal is actually a subportal of "Speculative fiction" which also has a Horror subportal. So that's another thing to consider: if horror is appropriate, which portal is better. --P64 (talk) 22:15, 29 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Sources[edit]

[ref name=prdir2010] "Releases for 2010 Awards". Press Desk. CILIP. Retrieved 2012-07-29.[/ref]

The article now gives that directory of press releases as a formal reference but only for the bare fact that Chris Riddell made the Greenaway Medal (UK illustration) shortlist for the Children's Edition of the book. Beside more substantial comment on those illustrations:

Two releases 10 June 2010 feature Gaiman and The Graveyard Book. Two earlier releases 23 April 2010 may also be valuable, the Carnegie shortlist announcement and "... Judges Comments on the Shortlist".

--P64 (talk) 22:23, 29 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

"The graveyard book" (first U.S. edition). Library of Congress Catalog Record.

That is my source, the usual one, for LC Classification (and more about first US editions). --P64 (talk) 01:58, 4 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Editions[edit]

This article shows confusion or equivocation about editions. We label the book country=UK and class it Category:British fantasy novels. We give ISBN for the first US hardcover edition; page-count for the US editions and the limited edition.

FWIW ISFDB lists eight "Oct 2008" editions including seven print eds, two US and five UK. Special edition details are the most interesting to read.[1]

--P64 (talk) 01:58, 4 November 2012 (UTC) the infobox lists the US version as the "Adult edition" and the UK version as the "children's edition". The differences in illustrators are not adult/child but country/publisher. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ashamanic (talk • contribs) 15:46, 18 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Is the ending described accurately here?[edit]

"In the final chapter of the book, a now-grown Bod is losing the Freedom of the Graveyard and even his ability to see ghosts. At the end of the book, Silas gives Bod money and a passport with the name, says his good-byes to his family and friends, and leaves the graveyard to embark on a new life." That says that it is Silas who leaves, but from the rest of the plot, I would imagine that it is actually Bod who leaves (with his new passport). If so, can someone correct the sentence? 86.164.240.239 (talk) 10:46, 20 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]