Awards
2003 Hugo Award for Best Novella
2003 Nebula Award for Best Novella
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Staff Pick
Coraline is my all-time favorite children's book. Coraline showcases Gaiman's lovably snarky yet subtle sense of humor, as well as his knack for creating whimsical and unforgettably creepy worlds. Recommended By Annie BP, Powells.com
One of the best books I have ever read. I had never read Neil Gaiman before picking up this book, but now I want to read all his work. It's an incredible story in such a small book. The book puts you right where Coraline is and makes you really, truly feel every emotion, every anxiety. Even if you know what's going to happen next, you'll still find your heart racing. A great start for any young scare fanatic or a perfect addition for a seasoned horror devotee. Recommended By Aster A., Powells.com
Synopses & Reviews
"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.
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"[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)
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"[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)
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"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
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"Inventive, scary, thrilling, and finally affirmative. Readers young and old will find something to startle them." Washington Post Book World
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"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)
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"By turns creepy and funny, bittersweet and playful...can be read quickly and enjoyed deeply." San Francisco Chronicle Book Review
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"A modern ghost story with all the creepy trimmings....Well done." The New York Times Book Review
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"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
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"Coraline may be Gaimans most disciplined and fully controlled novel to date, and it may even end up as something of a classic." Locus
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"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
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"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
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"Beautifully spooky. Gaiman actually seems to understand the way children think." The Christian Science Monitor
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"Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, rise to your feet and applaud: Coraline is the real thing." Philip Pullman, The Guardian (U.K.)
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"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
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"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
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"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
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“Gaimans pacing is superb, and he steers the tension of the tale with a deft and practiced narrative touch.” Bulletin of the Center for Children & #8217;s Books
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“It has the delicate horror of the finest fairy tales, and it is a masterpiece.” Terry Pratchett
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“ Walk through the door and youll believe in love, magic, and the power of good over evil.” USA Today
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“An electrifyingly creepy tale likely to haunt young readers for many moons.” Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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“A deliciously scary book that we loved reading together as a family.” Orson Scott Card
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“A truly creepy tale. Beware those button eyes!” Family Fun Magazine
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“The most splendidly original, weird, and frightening book I have read, and yet full of things children will love.” Diana Wynne Jones
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“A magnificently creepy story…Coraline is spot on.” Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review
About the Author
Neil Gaiman is the critically acclaimed and award-winning creator of the Sandman series of graphic novels, author of the novels Anansi Boys, American Gods, Coraline, Stardust,and Neverwhere, the short-fiction collection Smoke and Mirrors, and the bestselling children's books The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfishand The Wolves in the Walls(both illustrated by Dave McKean). Originally from England, Gaiman now lives in the United States.