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Hugo Award

The 2009 Hugo Awards were presented on August 9, 2009. The Hugo Awards are awards for excellence in the field of science fiction and fantasy. They were first awarded in 1953, and have been awarded every year since 1955. The awards are run by and voted on by fans.

Best Novel Award went to Neil Gaiman for The Graveyard Book (Find this book in our catalog).

We also have this title in Harford County Public Library in large print , as a digital audiobook, and as an audiobook on CDs. This is what it says about the book in our catalog notes: "Nobody Owens, known to his friends as Bod, is a normal boy. He would be completely normal if he didn't live in a sprawling graveyard, being raised and educated by ghosts, with a solitary guardian who belongs to neither the world of the living nor of the dead. There are dangers and adventures in the graveyard for a boy-an ancient Indigo Man beneath the hill, a gateway to a desert leading to an abandoned city of ghouls, the strange and terrible menace of the Sleer. But if Bod leaves the graveyard, then he will come under attack from the man Jack--who has already killed Bod's family. . . . Beloved master storyteller Neil Gaiman returns with a luminous new novel for the audience that embraced his "New York Times" bestselling modern classic coraline. Magical, terrifying, and filled with breathtaking adventures, the graveyard book is sure to enthrall readers of all ages."

The Graveyard Book also won the Newbery Award for most distinguished contribution to American literature for children; so, it would be an excellent choice for cross-generational book groups or for families to read together.

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posted by Elizabeth on 8/17/2009

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