Coraline 10th Anniversary Edition
Author(s): Neil Gaiman
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.
Review(s):
“Gaiman’s tale is inventive, scary, thrilling and finally affirmative. Readers young and old will find something to startle them.”
“A modern ghost story with all the creepy trimmings…Well done.”
“Coraline is by turns creepy and funny, bittersweet and playful…can be read quickly and enjoyed deeply.”
“A magnificently creepy story. Coraline is spot on.”
“Gaiman’s pacing is superb, and he steers the tension of the tale with a deft and practiced narrative touch.”
“Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, rise to your feet and applaud: Coraline is the real thing.”
“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.”
“An electrifyingly creepy tale likely to haunt young readers for many moons.”
“ Walk through the door and you’ll believe in love, magic, and the power of good over evil.”
New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age, IRA/CBC Children's Choice, Amazon.com Editors’ Pick, Publishers Weekly Best Book, Child Magazine Best Book, New York Public Library's “One Hundred Titles for Reading and Sharing”, ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults, Hugo Award for Best Novella, ALA Notable Children’s Book, ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults, Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children’s Book Award Masterlist (Vermont), Book Sense Pick, Bulletin Blue Ribbon (The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books)
ISBN: 9780380807345