There, he watches the ghosts leave the graveyard and come down to dance the Macabray with the living.
Thinking quickly, Bod encourages the Sleer to talk about its desire to find a new master, and Jack accepts the role, believing this will make him all-powerful.
When Bod is 10, he hears about a witch who was supposedly buried in the graveyard.
Owens envelops it in a hug.
He hears another howl and realizes that whatever is howling might be even worse than the ghouls.
Gaiman won both the British and the American recognizing the year's best children's books, the first time both named the same work.