Coraline - by Neil Gaiman (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Coraline steps through a door to find another house strangely similar to her own. But they want to change her and never let her go. Coraline will have to fight with all her wits if she is to save herself and return to her ordinary life.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><strong>This edition of</strong><strong> </strong><strong><em>New York Times</em> </strong><strong>bestselling and Newbery Medal-winning author Neil Gaiman's modern classic, </strong><strong> </strong><em><strong>Coraline</strong></em><strong>--also an Academy Award-nominated film--is enriched with a foreword from the author, a reader's guide, and more.</strong></p><p><em>Coraline discovered the door a little while after they moved into the house....</em></p><p>When Coraline steps through a door to find another house strangely similar to her own (only better), things seem marvelous.</p><p>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.</p><p>Coraline will have to fight with all her wit and courage if she is to save herself and return to her ordinary life.</p><p>Neil Gaiman's <em>Coraline </em>is a can't-miss classic that enthralls readers age 8 to 12 but also adults who enjoy a perfect smart spooky read.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p><em>Coraline discovered the door a little while after they moved into the house. . . .</em></p><p>When Coraline steps through a door to find another house strangely similar to her own (only better), things seem marvelous.</p><p>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.</p><p>Coraline will have to fight with all her wit and courage if she is to save herself and return to her ordinary life. </p><p>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.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"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."--Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)<br><br>"A magnificently creepy story. <em>Coraline </em>is spot on."--<em>Kirkus Reviews </em><strong>(starred review)</strong><br><br>"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."--School Library Journal (starred review)<br><br>"An electrifyingly creepy tale likely to haunt young readers for many moons."--<em>Publishers Weekly</em> <strong>(starred review)</strong><br><br>" Walk through the door and you'll believe in love, magic, and the power of good over evil."--<em>USA Today</em><br><br>"Coraline is by turns creepy and funny, bittersweet and playful...can be read quickly and enjoyed deeply."--<em>San Francisco Chronicle Book Review</em><br><br>"Gaiman's tale is inventive, scary, thrilling and finally affirmative. Readers young and old will find something to startle them."--<em>Washington Post Book World</em><br><br>"A modern ghost story with all the creepy trimmings...Well done."--<em>New York Times Book Review</em><br><br>"A deliciously scary book that we loved reading together as a family."--Orson Scott Card<br><br>"Beautifully spooky. Gaiman actually seems to understand the way children think. "--Christian Science Monitor<br><br>"Chilly, finely-wrought prose, a truly weird setting and a fable that taps into our most uncomfortable fears."--Times Educational Supplement<br><br>"Gaiman's pacing is superb, and he steers the tension of the tale with a deft and practiced narrative touch."--Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books<br><br>"It has the delicate horror of the finest fairy tales, and it is a masterpiece."--Terry Pratchett<br><br>"Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, rise to your feet and applaud: Coraline is the real thing."--Philip Pullman, The Guardian<br><br>"So wonderfully whimsical that readers of all ages will hungrily devour itCoraline is destined to become a classic.--Globe and Mail (Toronto)<br><br>"The most splendidly original, weird, and frightening book I have read, and yet full of things children will love."--Diana Wynne Jones<br>
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