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Coralineby Neil Gaiman
Awards2003 Hugo Award for Best Novella
2003 Nebula Award for Best Novella Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments: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 wits and courage if she is to save herself and return to her ordinary life. Review:"[M]agnificently creepy.... Review:"[A]n electrifyingly creepy tale likely to haunt young readers for many moons....Gaiman twines his taught tale with a menacing tone and crisp prose fraught with memorable imagery..." Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) Review:"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." USA Today Review:"Inventive, scary, thrilling, and finally affirmative. Readers young and old will find something to startle them." Washington Post Book World Review:"So wonderfully whimsical that readers of all ages will hungrily devour it, word by word....Coraline is destined to become a classic." Globe and Mail (Toronto) Review:"By turns creepy and funny, bittersweet and playful...can be read quickly and enjoyed deeply." San Francisco Chronicle Book Review Review:"A modern ghost story with all the creepy trimmings....Well done." The New York Times Book Review Review:"As we used to say, it blew my mind...chilly, finely-wrought prose, a truly weird setting and a fable that taps into our most uncomfortable fears." Times Educational Supplement Review:"Coraline may be Gaiman?s most disciplined and fully controlled novel to date, and it may even end up as something of a classic." Locus Review:"The story is odd, strange, even slightly bizarre, but 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." School Library Journal Review:"This story provides a good edge-of-your-seat read without being terribly frightening. For those children who like to be scared, Gaiman's novel is a well-written alternative to Goosebumps." Joan Kindig, Children's Literature Review:"Beautifully spooky. Gaiman actually seems to understand the way children think." The Christian Science Monitor Review:"Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, rise to your feet and applaud: Coraline is the real thing." Philip Pullman, The Guardian (U.K.) Review:"This book will send a shiver down your spine, out through your toes, and into a taxi to the airport. It has the delicate horror of the finest fairy tales, and it is a masterpiece." Terry Pratchett, author of the Discworld series and co-author of Good Omens Review:"I think this book will nudge Alice in Wonderland out of its niche at last. It is the most splendidly original, weird, and frightening book I have read, and yet full of things children will love." Diana Wynne Jones, author of Dark Lord of Derkholm Review:"This book tells a fascinating and disturbing story that frightened me nearly to death. Unless you want to find yourself hiding under your bed, with your thumb in your mouth, trembling with fear and making terrible noises, I suggest that you step very slowly away from this book and go find another source of amusement, such as investigating an unsolved crime or making a small animal out of yarn." Lemony Snicket, author of The Series of Unfortunate Events About the AuthorNeil Gaiman is the author of the New York Times bestselling children's book Coraline and of the picture books The Wolves in the Walls and The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish, illustrated by Dave McKean. He wrote the script for the film MirrorMask and is also the author of critically acclaimed and award-winning novels and short stories for adults, as well as the Sandman series of graphic novels. Among his many awards are the World Fantasy Award, the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award, and the Bram Stoker Award. Originally from England, Gaiman now lives in the United States. What Our Readers Are SayingAdd a comment for a chance to win!
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