The Graveyard Book - Neil Gaiman

An endearing tale about a boy raised by ghosts in a graveyard, growing up through a series of captivating magical adventures and ultimately vanquishing his enemies and reclaiming his human life. I didn't pick up on the parallels with the Jungle Book until I saw Gaiman quoted as saying that he had set out to write something similar set in a graveyard - and on reflection, this hits that mark perfectly, evoking the same feelings of loneliness and confusion as the hero tries to move between the world of his upbringing and that of his birth.