: The story opens with a man named Jack murdering Bod's family. The infant Bod unknowingly crawls away from the scene and into a nearby graveyard.
: The ghosts of the graveyard, led by Mr. and Mrs. Owens, decide to adopt him. He is granted the "Freedom of the Graveyard," which allows him to move through solid objects and see in the dark. The Graveyard Book
The Graveyard Book is a 2008 young adult fantasy novel by Neil Gaiman that follows Nobody "Bod" Owens, a living boy raised by the ghostly inhabitants of a graveyard after his family is murdered. Inspired by Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book , the story explores themes of family, identity, and the transition from childhood to adulthood . : The story opens with a man named