The Graveyard Book

 Gaiman, N. (2008).   The graveyard book.   NY:  HarperCollins. Unfortunately, a toddler's family is slaughtered by a man named Jack that belonged to a brotherhood which believed that if he grew up, it meant the end of the organization. This child, was adopted by the inhabitants of a cemetery and all worked together to raise him. As he grew older, Nobody Owens, got the opportunity to avenge his family's massacre. Gaiman used supernatural characters such as ghosts, ghouls, and werewolves to create a fantasy packed adventure with breath taking suspenseful events. Even though the theme of death hovers over the entire book, there is also compassion, unity, and commitment  because it certainly took an entire "graveyard" to raise this poor orphan.