When Coraline steps through a door in her family' s new house, she finds another house strangely similar to her own (only better). Coraline discovered the door a little after they moved into the house. 'About this title' may belong to another edition of this title.īook Description Paperback. Those who come to the book first as a graphic novel will be just as captivated.– Alana Abbott, James Blackstone Memorial Library, Branford, CTĬopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. For readers who enjoyed the novel, Coraline is sure to complement their reading experience. The pacing never lags, and Coraline's transformation into a girl who understands that having everything you want is the least interesting thing of all is natural. The style is realistic, which makes the moments when the other world loses its solidity even more eerie. Russell's illustrations suit the tone of the story perfectly, from the horrific black button eyes of the people in the other world to Coraline's very telling facial expressions.

After Coraline's parents are kidnapped into the other world, she sets off on a mission to rescue them. However, the dangerous creature there–called the other mother– intends to keep her forever. When she comes upon a door in their flat that seems to go nowhere, enters an alternate world that at first is full of interesting things and delicious foods–everything that she has longed for. Insatiably curious Coraline is an explorer dedicated to discovering everything she can about the area around her family's new home. Grade 6-8–This adaptation of Neil Gaiman's novel (HarperCollins, 2002) reads as though it were intended for the graphic novel format in the first place.

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