Graveminder (2011) (edit title/settings)

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• Rebekkah Barrow: Free spirit. Maylene's granddaughter by marriage. Next in line to be the towns Graveminder.
• Byron Montgomery: William's son. Next in line to be the Undertaker. AKA, B. Is in love with Rebekkah.
• Maylene Barrow: Bek's grandmother. Graveminder.
• William Montgomery: Undertaker, Byron's father.
• Charles aka Mr. D: Death. Runs the void in Claysville where people go when they pass over.
• Amity Blue: Bartender. Friends with Bek. Hooking up with Byron. Bonnie Jean's younger sister.
• Daisha: 17 year old Hungry dead
• Charlie: the leader of the world of the dead
• Ella Mae: Maylene's deceased granddaughter.
• Troy: Missing bar manager.
• Graveminders: A line of Women who take care of the dead
• Alicia: Past graveminder that resides in the land of the dead. Hates Mr. D. Runs a trading system.
• Christopher: Sheriff
• Cissy Barrow: Maylene's only daughter. Has twin daughter's of her own, Liz and Teresa.
• Jimmy: Maylene's only son. Bek's step-father. Ella's father. Deceased.
• Claysville: a small town with some strange traditions
• Bonnie Jean: Youngest member of the council. Amity's sister.
• Abigail: past graveminder
• Liz: Cissy's daughter.
• Teresa: Cissy's daughter
• Paul: Daisha's step-dad
• Elaine: Daisha's mother
• Daniel: Add a description of this character.
• Boyd: a resident of the land of the dead
• Gallagher
• Mama
• Marie
• Evelyn
• Becky
• Julia
• Nicolas

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• “Years leave stories written on every surface (page 112)”

  Maylene

• “A lifetime of habit didn't wane even when it seemed like it should.”

• “"Anyone who paid attention understood that there were plenty of times that avoiding questions was the best way for things to work out."”

• “"I'm the Graveminder. It's what I do. The dead come knocking, and I set things right."”

  Maylene

• “There's no sense in building a shrine, especially to an illusion."”

• “"Did you ever think that the obstacles to what you want multiply the closer you come to getting it? If you say the wrong thing... if you had done the smallest thing differently... if you were better... if you were enough..."”

  Byron

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Glossary edit see section history

• Graveminder: Describe this term.
• Undertaker
• Hungry Dead

Series & Lists edit see section history

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Melissa Marr (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: PS3613.A76872 G73 2011
• Dewey: 813.6

Notes for Parents edit see section history

This book contains a few utterances of the "f word," as well as some other curse words. There is also a somewhat intimate scene between Rebekkah and Byron.

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