

Eventually, the children learn that the oldest resident of the graveyard is buried in an underground barrow grave. When Bod is four, he becomes friends with a little girl named Scarlett and the two play in the graveyard together. Owens become Bod’s adoptive parents, while Silas, a vampire, becomes Bod’s guardian since he can pass for human and fetch food from outside the graveyard. The Owenses name the child Nobody Owens-“Bod” for short-and they give him the Freedom of the Graveyard, which allows him to see and interact with the dead and also grants him some ghostly abilities like walking through walls within the graveyard. The ghosts debate all night whether or not to keep the toddler, but they decide he can stay. But when the ghost of the baby’s mother appears, she points out Jack and begs the other ghosts to protect her child. Owens) and the graveyard’s other resident ghosts insist that they can’t get involved with a living child. Once the baby is inside the gates, the ghost of Mrs. The baby then toddles up the hill toward the nearby graveyard.


The baby has no idea he’s in danger, but he is wily and adventurous and climbs out of his crib and out the front door. He’s already murdered the resident couple and their daughter all that’s left is to murder their toddler son. In a small English village, a frightening-looking man named Jack prowls through a house.
