Study Guide

The Graveyard Book Characters

By Neil Gaiman

Bod is the most Goth kid you’ll ever meet – he lives in a graveyard and is raised by...

Silas is Bod’s guardian. He takes care of all of Bod’s basic needs, like food and...

We first meet Miss Lupescu when Silas has to leave the graveyard for a while. She's the person...

Liza is a witch who’s buried just outside of the graveyard in “unconsecrated...

Scarlett only appears in two of the novel’s eight chapters, but she sure has an impact....

Jack Frost is The Graveyard Book’s arch-villain. He’s the guy who butchers...

When we say “Sleer” out loud we pronounce it “SSSSSSLEER” to really...

The Indigo Man appears in Chapter 2, when Bod and Scarlett visit the Sleer for the first time....

The ghouls are the ickiest supernatural creatures in The Graveyard Book. Like many beings in the...

Mr. and Mrs. Owens are Bod’s graveyard parents. Including the time they’ve been in...

The Lady on the Grey is another super-mysterious figure. She might be a personification of death...

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