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HARPER COLLINS PUBLISHERS THE GRAVEYARD BOOK PAPERBACK (Set of 6) (Reprint Edition) by Neil Gaiman, Dave Mckean (Illustrator), Margaret Atwood (Foreword) Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2010 ISBN-10: 0-06-053094-4 / 0060530944 ISBN-13: 978-0-06-053094-5 / 9780060530945 In The Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman has created a charming allegory of childhood. Although the book opens with a scary scene--a family is stabbed to death by "a man named Jack” --the story quickly moves into more child-friendly storytelling. The sole survivor of the attack--an 18-month-old baby--esc |