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Nick and his best friend, Mo, are bullies at the school that Bod briefly attends. While Mo is the brains of their operation, Nick is the brawn. He’s a hefty blond kid and doesn’t think much. He especially loves stealing things and hitting people, but Mo tells him specifically what to steal and who to hit. Things begin to go downhill for Nick when Bod catches on to Nick and Mo’s bullying tactics: they blackmail younger students by forcing them to steal something, but then Nick and Mo film the theft and threaten to take the video to the police if the kids don’t hand over their weekly allowances. Bod encourages Nick to change his ways by infiltrating one of Nick’s dreams (Bod has this capability because of the Freedom of the Graveyard). After this, Nick refuses to speak to Mo and seems to turn himself around.
Nick Quotes in The Graveyard Book
The The Graveyard Book quotes below are all either spoken by Nick or refer to Nick. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 6 Quotes
Bod said nothing. Then he said, “It’s not just the learning stuff. It’s the other stuff. Do you know how nice it is to be in a room filled with people and for all of them to be breathing?”
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Nick Character Timeline in The Graveyard Book
The timeline below shows where the character Nick appears in The Graveyard Book. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 6
...a phone. He’s a model student and spends most of his time in the library. Nick and Mo, on the other hand, are not model students. Nick is big and likes...
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...the hallway, Bod sees Paul Singh looking at coins in his hand. Bod asks if Nick and Mo are waiting for the money. He suggests that Paul refuse to pay up....
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Since Bod is used to people ignoring him, he’s acutely aware when Nick and Mo follow him after school one day. Bod goes slowly, making sure they follow...
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...from another class stops in to borrow a textbook—until that student turns out to be Nick. Nick stabs a sharpened pencil into Bod’s hand. In the halls later, Mo tells Bod...
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Bod wonders if he shouldn’t have gotten involved. Nick and Mo now spread rumors about Bod and everyone seems to know who Bod is....
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Nick is asleep and dreaming he’s a pirate captain. Suddenly, his dream changes—he’s alone and an...
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Mo is having the worst week of her life. Nick won’t speak to her, her uncle and parents are livid, and the little kids aren’t...
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