Awards
2003 Hugo Award for Best Novella
2003 Nebula Award for Best Novella
Powells.com Staff Pick
Those of you who are tired of waiting for a new Harry Potter
novel might do well to pick up this little gem. Young Coraline finds
a secret passage that leads her to a living nightmare. This book
is scary, but not too scary, a little creepy, and very funny. Kind
of like a good old-fashioned ghost story or fairy tale. The wonderful
illustrations by Dave McKean bring Gaiman's tale vividly to life.
Recommended
by Gerry Donaghy
"Coraline is an entertaining, more than competent story....The plot moves at a steady clip, although the first half is stronger due to the excitement of Coraline's discoveries....Children reading Coraline...will be drawn into the story and enjoy its creepy imagery. Things that cause adults to shudder often bring a grin to the lips of a child. It's a fine introduction to Neil Gaiman's fantasy writing, likely to inspire further reading." Bolton, Powells.com (read the entire Powells.com review)
Synopses & Reviews
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.
Review:
"[M]agnificently creepy....
[S]ome deliciously eerie descriptive writing. Not for the faint-hearted — who are mostly adults anyway — but for stouthearted kids who love a brush with the sinister:
Coraline is spot on."
Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review) 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:
"[Neil Gaiman] is, simply put, a treasure house of story, and we are lucky to have him in any medium." Stephen King
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 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:
"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
Review:
"Delicate and extraordinary, it reads like Alice in Wonderland crossed with Stephen King..." The Independent (U.K.)
Review:
"By turns creepy and funny, bittersweet and playful...can be read quickly and enjoyed deeply." San Francisco Chronicle Book 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:
"A modern ghost story with all the creepy trimmings....Well done." The New York Times Book Review
Review:
"Beautifully spooky. Gaiman actually seems to understand the way children think." The Christian Science Monitor
Synopsis:
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.
Synopsis:
In Coraline's family's new flat there's a locked door. On the other side is a brick walland#8212until Coraline unlocks the door . . . and finds a passage to another flat in another house just like her own.
Only different.
The food is better there. Books have pictures that writhe and crawl and shimmer. And there's another mother and father there who want Coraline to be their little girl. They want to changeher and keep her with them. . . . Forever.
Coralineis an extraordinary fairy tale/nightmare from the uniquely skewed imagination of #1New York Timesbestselling author Neil Gaiman.
About the Author
Neil 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.
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