Meet the Cast
Nobody "Bod" Owens
Bod is the most Goth kid you’ll ever meet – he lives in a graveyard and is raised by ghosts, a vampire, and a werewolf, for Pete’s sake. He has Freedom of the Graveyard, which means he can co...
Silas
Silas is Bod’s guardian. He takes care of all of Bod’s basic needs, like food and shelter. He’s also Bod’s idol – the guy Bod looks up to, and will always look up to above all others. Sil...
Miss Lupescu
We first meet Miss Lupescu when Silas has to leave the graveyard for a while. She's the person Silas found to be Bod's guardian while he's away. At first she seems like the worst kind of substitu...
Liza Hempstock
Liza is a witch who’s buried just outside of the graveyard in “unconsecrated ground,” otherwise known as the Potter’s Field. As Silas explains to Bod, the main graveyard is built on land bl...
Scarlett Amber Perkins
Scarlett only appears in two of the novel’s eight chapters, but she sure has an impact. Scarlett doesn’t seem to have any supernatural powers, but she can see Bod – even though Freedom of the...
Jack Frost and the Jacks of All Trade
Jack Frost is The Graveyard Book’s arch-villain. He’s the guy who butchers Bod’s family with a sharp knife, and he wants to do the same to Bod. He also, it seems, lives with his grandma. Who,...
The Sleer
When we say “Sleer” out loud we pronounce it “SSSSSSLEER” to really emphasize the creepy hisssssing sound you might hear if you ever meet it (and we hope you never do). It makes the hissing...
The Indigo Man
The Indigo Man appears in Chapter 2, when Bod and Scarlett visit the Sleer for the first time. The Indigo Man doesn’t seem to be a living being, but rather an image projected by the Sleer to scar...
The Ghouls
The ghouls are the ickiest supernatural creatures in The Graveyard Book. Like many beings in the novel, they have a rich history in legend, folklore, fiction, and film. “Ghoul” is even in the d...
Mr. Owens and Mrs. Owens
Mr. and Mrs. Owens are Bod’s graveyard parents. Including the time they’ve been in the graveyard, they’ve been married 250 years. Their one regret is that they never had kids. Good thing Bod...
The Lady on the Grey
The Lady on the Grey is another super-mysterious figure. She might be a personification of death – which means she’s death in human form, like a prettier version of the Grim Reaper. She says th...