Coraline - by Neil Gaiman (Paperback)

About the Book

Coraline steps through a door to find another house strangely similar to her own. But they want to change her and never let her go. Coraline will have to fight with all her wits if she is to save herself and return to her ordinary life.

Book Synopsis

This edition of New York Times bestselling and Newbery Medal-winning author Neil Gaiman's modern classic, Coraline--also an Academy Award-nominated film--is enriched with a foreword from the author, a reader's guide, and more.

"Coraline discovered the door a little while after they moved into the house...."

When Coraline steps through a door to find another house strangely similar to her own (only better), things seem marvelous.

But there's another mother there, and another father, and they want her to stay and be their little girl. They want to change her and never let her go.

Coraline will have to fight with all her wit and courage if she is to save herself and return to her ordinary life.

Neil Gaiman's Coraline is a can't-miss classic that enthralls readers age 8 to 12 but also adults who enjoy a perfect smart spooky read.

From the Back Cover

"Coraline discovered the door a little while after they moved into the house. . . ."

When Coraline steps through a door to find another house strangely similar to her own (only better), things seem marvelous.

But there's another mother there, and another father, and they want her to stay and be their little girl. They want to change her and never let her go.

Coraline will have to fight with all her wit and courage if she is to save herself and return to her ordinary life.

Celebrating ten years of Neil Gaiman's first modern classic for young readers, this edition is enriched with a brand-new foreword from the author, a reader's guide, and more.

Review Quotes

"This book tells a fascinating and disturbing story that frightened me nearly to death." - Lemony Snicket
"A magnificently creepy story. Coraline is spot on." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"Coraline is by turns creepy and funny, bittersweet and playful...can be read quickly and enjoyed deeply." - San Francisco Chronicle Book Review
"Beautifully spooky. Gaiman actually seems to understand the way children think. " - Christian Science Monitor
"Not since Narnia has the simple act of opening a door unlocked such a fantastic journey. And not since Alice tumbled down the rabbit hole has that journey been so splendidly strange and frightening. Walk through the door and you'll believe in love, magic, and the power of good over evil." - USA Today
"A deliciously scary book that we loved reading together as a family." - Orson Scott Card
"Gaiman's pacing is superb, and he steers the tension of the tale with a deft and practiced narrative touch." - Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
"A frighteningly realistic fantasy. Lean crisp prose adds to the suspense and propels the story, and the eerie black-and-white illustrations by Dave McKean heighten the nightmarish quality of the tale." - Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)
"The danger is convincingly dangerous, the heroine is convincingly brave, and the whirlwind denouement will leave readers bemused but elated and slightly breathless." - Horn Book Magazine
"Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, rise to your feet and applaud: Coraline is the real thing." - Philip Pullman, The Guardian
"So wonderfully whimsical that readers of all ages will hungrily devour itCoraline is destined to become a classic. - Globe and Mail (Toronto)
"Chilly, finely-wrought prose, a truly weird setting and a fable that taps into our most uncomfortable fears." - Times Educational Supplement
"A modern ghost story with all the creepy trimmings...Well done." - New York Times Book Review
"Gaiman's tale is inventive, scary, thrilling and finally affirmative. Readers young and old will find something to startle them." - Washington Post Book World
"An electrifyingly creepy tale likely to haunt young readers for many moons." - Publishers Weekly (starred review)
" Walk through the door and you'll believe in love, magic, and the power of good over evil." - USA Today
"Kids will hang on every word. Coraline is a character with whom they will surely identify, and they will love being frightened out of their shoes. This is just right for all those requests for a scary book." - School Library Journal (starred review)