Intended Audience
Juvenile Audience
LCCN
2002-018937
Reviews
A frighteningly realistic fantasy. Lean crisp prose adds to the suspense and propels the story, and the eerie black-and-white illustrations by Dave McKean heighten the nightmarish quality of the tale., 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. This is just right for all those requests for a scary book., Coraline is by turns creepy and funny, bittersweet and playful…can be read quickly and enjoyed deeply., Gaiman's tale is inventive, scary, thrilling and finally affirmative. Readers young and old will find something to startle them., So wonderfully whimsical that readers of all ages will hungrily devour itCoraline is destined to become a classic.|9780380807345|, Gaiman's pacing is superb, and he steers the tension of the tale with a deft and practiced narrative touch., A magnificently creepy story.for stouthearted kids who love a brush with the sinister, Coraline is spot on., The most splendidly original, weird, and frightening book I have read, and yet full of things children will love., ' Walk through the door and you'll believe in love, magic, and the power of good over evil.' (USA Today), Chilly, finely-wrought prose, a truly weird setting and a fable that taps into our most uncomfortable fears.
Dewey Edition
21
Grade From
Third Grade
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Grade To
Seventh Grade
Dewey Decimal
Fic
Edition Description
Anniversary
Synopsis
This edition of New York Times bestselling and Newbery Medal-winning author Neil Gaiman's modern classic, Coraline--also an Academy Award-nominated film--is enriched with a foreword from the author, a reader's guide, and more. "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. Neil Gaiman's Coraline is a can't-miss classic that enthralls readers age 8 to 12 but also adults who enjoy a perfect smart spooky read., This edition of New York Times bestselling and Newbery Medal-winning author Neil Gaiman's modern classic, Coraline --also an Academy Award-nominated film--is enriched with a foreword from the author, a reader's guide, and more. 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. Neil Gaiman's Coraline is a can't-miss classic that enthralls readers age 8 to 12 but also adults who enjoy a perfect smart spooky read., This edition of New York Times bestselling and Newbery Medal-winning author Neil Gaiman's modern classic, Coraline --also an Academy Award-nominated film--is enriched with a foreword from the author, a reader's guide, and more. 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.
LC Classification Number
PZ7.G1273 Co 2002
Copyright Date
2002
ebay_catalog_id
4
