Bod's Life
What age did Bod come to the graveyard?
2 years old
Where is the graveyard located?
At the top of the hill in Old Town.
What is the full name of the guy that murdered Bod's family?
Jack Frost
How did Scarlett meet Bod?
Scarlett found Bod when she was playing around the graveyard/ nature reserve.
Who and what is Silas?
Silas is the guardian of Bod and is a vampire.
Who is Bod's friend that is mortal?
Scarlett
What was the place called where "bad" people go?
Unconsecrated land, a place where witches, criminals, and people who committed suicide are buried.
What organisation is Bod's family murder apart of?
The Jacks of All Trades.
Where did Scarlett leave to? Why?
She went to Scotland since her father got a job there.
What organisation is Silas apart of?
Silas is a member of the Honour Guard, an organization that protects “borderlands” and is responsible for bringing about the end of the Jacks of All Trades.
Who was Bod friend that was a ghost?
Fortinbras
Who grave says that "Swans sing, before they die"?
Nehemiah Trot
How long were the murders ,who killed Bod family, looking for Bod for?
10 years.
Why did Scarlett come back to the graveyard?
Since her parents divorced, she went with her mother and returned to England.
What did Silas give Bod before Bod leaves?
Bod goes to Silas and discovers that Silas has packed a bag for him. Silas gives Bod money, a passport, and clothing so that he might go into the living world.
What age did him and Scarlett meet?
When they were both 5.
Who's grave did Bod bump his head on?
Alonso Tomás Garcia Jones.
Why was the murder trying to find Bod?
It was because of an ancient prophecy about a boy who would be able to walk between the world of the living and the dead, and that boy would be the ruin of their organization.
How did Scarlett meet Mr Frost?
One afternoon Scarlett takes the wrong bus and ends up at the graveyard. She wanders around thinking it seems familiar but not remembering since she was five years old the last time she visited. She meets a man named Mr. Frost who is taking grave rubbings in the graveyard.
Why does Bod hate Silas for leaving?
Now that Scarlett is gone, Silas represents Bod's only connection to the outside world—the world that Bod will one day inhabit.
Why was Bod forbidden to leave the graveyard?
It was because Bod's real family killer was still out in the real world. Silas believed that Bod should stay in the graveyard because the dead could not keep him safe in the world of the living.
What is the grave portal to the underworld called?
The ghoul gate.
How does Bod defeat and get his revenge on the murder that killed his family?
The Sleer engulfs Jack Frost in an "embrace", and they disappear into the wall, presumably "protecting him from the world", forever since Jack is now their master.
How did Scarlett character leave the book?
Silas appears and erases Scarlett's memory of the night, that was very traumatising for her, and of Bod before taking her home and convincing Noona to return to Scotland with her.
Why does Bod like Silas so much?
Silas is always truthful and seems to have answers for everything.