Coraline

by Neil Gaiman

Dave McKean (Illustrator)

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When Coraline moves with her parents to a new house she is fascinated by the fact that their 'house' is in fact only half a house! Divided into flats years before, there is a brick wall behind a door where once there was a corridor and one day it is corridor again, down which the intrepid Coraline wanders. And so a nightmare-ish mystery begins that takes Coraline into the arms of counterfeit parents and a life that isn't quite right. Can Coraline get out? Can she find her real parents? Will life ever be the same again? "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. "This book will send a shiver down your spine, out through your shoes and into a taxi to the airport. It has the delicate horror of the finest fairy tales, and it is a masterpiece. And you will never think about buttons in quite the same way again." - Terry Pratchett.
  • ISBN10 0380807343
  • ISBN13 9780380807345
  • Publish Date 24 April 2012 (first published 1 January 2002)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Avon Books
  • Format Paperback (US Trade)
  • Pages 162
  • Language English