The Graveyard Book

[Magic Mom]

I want to buy The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaimen for DD for Halloween, but the first few pages are pretty gory. I read on until the next chapter and it seemed much tamer, but I would like to know if there are more "horror" pages. She's mature enough to read it, but she has nightmares easily and I don't want to add to that. I think it will be OK if the gore is limited to just the first pages.

 

[mrsv98]

How old is she? DD is 9yo and she is reading it off and on and likes it. Though I have to say she also loves Goosebumps and scary stories, she is very into that a the moment.

 

[Shelton123]

I read it, even though it is for a younger age group, and I think it's certainly OK for a 9 or 10 yo. It's a phenomenal book, too! It was based off of the Jungle Book, if you didn't know

 

[mrsv98]

OK, I asked DD more about it and she said it wasn't that scary, about Harry Potter level and not as scary as some of the Goosebumps books. I hope that helps!

 

[NMAmy]

I loved The Graveyard Book. It kind of reminded me of Roald Dahl's books--there's violence but kids seem to just take it in stride.