You don’t have to be a kid to appreciate the spell Gaiman casts in the suspenseful Coraline. And not since Alice tumbled down the rabbit hole has that journey been so splendidly strange and frightening. “Not since four English schoolchildren walked through a wardrobe and discovered the magical land of Narnia has the simple act of opening a door unlocked such a fantastic journey. “Inventive, scary, thrilling, and finally affirmative.”― Washington Post Book World Before long, the miraculous turns sinister, and Coraline must use her wits and courage to save herself―and the other trapped souls she finds along the way.įilled with enchantments and terrors alike, this winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Bram Stoker Awards is a dazzling feat of imagination from a modern literary master.

Intrigued, she ventures deep into a mysterious mirror realm, a world eerily similar yet darkly different from her own.

While exploring her new home, a young girl named Coraline unlocks a door to reveal a hidden passage. “One of the most truly frightening books ever written.”― New York Times Gaiman actually seems to understand the way children think.From #1 New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman, a critically acclaimed novel for readers of all ages in which a young girl discovers a passage to a world eerily similar yet darkly different from her own―one of ten classic Gaiman works repackaged with elegant original watercolor art by acclaimed artist Henry Sene Yee

“The most splendidly original, weird, and frightening book I have read, and yet full of things children will love.”.

“It has the delicate horror of the finest fairy tales, and it is a masterpiece.”.

“By turns creepy and funny, bittersweet and playful can be read quickly and enjoyed deeply.”.

” An electrifyingly creepy tale likely to haunt young readers for many moons.”.

” A magnificently creepy story for stouthearted kids who love a brush with the sinister, Coraline is spot on.”.

“This delightful, funny, haunting, scary as heck, fairy-tale novel is about as fine as they come.

And, like Roald Dahl’s work, it is delicious. Neil Gaiman’s Coraline is far darker, far stranger, playing on our deepest fears.

“Now, if you’re thinking fondly of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe or Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, you’re on the wrong track.

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