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Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5973
EAN num: 9780060825430
ISBN number: 006082543X
Label: HarperCollins
Manufacturer: HarperCollins
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 192
Printing Date: July 01, 2008
Publishing house: HarperCollins
Age index: Ages 9-12
Release Date: June 24, 2008
Sale Popularity Level: 3908
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When Coraline steps through a door in her family's new house, she finds another house, strangely similar to her own (only better). At first, things seem marvelous. The food is better than at home, and the toy box is filled with fluttering wind-up angels and dinosaur skulls that crawl and rattle their teeth.
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 all the tools she can find if she is to save herself and return to her ordinary life.
This beloved tale has now become a visual feast. Acclaimed artist P. Craig Russell brings Neil Gaiman's enchanting nationally bestselling children's book Coraline to new life in this gorgeously illustrated graphic novel adaptation.
Amazon.com Review:
Coraline lives with her preoccupied parents in part of a huge old house--a house so huge that other people live in it, too... round, old former actresses Miss Spink and Miss Forcible and their aging Highland terriers ('We trod the boards, luvvy') and the mustachioed old man under the roof (''The reason you cannot see the mouse circus,' said the man upstairs, 'is that the mice are not yet ready and rehearsed.'') Coraline contents herself for weeks with exploring the vast garden and grounds. But with a little rain she becomes bored--so bored that she begins to count everything blue (153), the windows (21), and the doors (14). And it is the 14th door that--sometimes blocked with a wall of bricks--opens up for Coraline into an entirely alternate universe. Now, if you're thinking fondly of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe or Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, you're on the wrong track. Neil Gaiman's Coraline is far darker, far stranger, playing on our deepest fears. And, like Roald Dahl's work, it is delicious.
What's on the other side of the door? A distorted-mirror world, containing presumably everything Coraline has ever dreamed of... people who pronounce her name correctly (not 'Caroline'), delicious meals (not like her father's overblown 'recipes'), an unusually pink and purple bedroom (not like her dull one), and plenty of horrible (very un-boring) marvels, like a man made out of live rats. The creepiest part, however, is her mirrored parents, her 'other mother' and her 'other father'--people who look just like her own parents, but with big, shiny, grey button eyes, paper-white skin... and a keen desire to keep her on their side of the door. To make creepy creepier, Coraline has been illustrated masterfully in scritchy, terrifying ink drawings by British mixed-media artist and Sandman cover illustrator Dave McKean. This delightful, funny, haunting, scary as heck, fairy-tale novel is about as fine as they come. Highly recommended. (Ages 11 and older) --Karin Snelson
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Old English houses must be the most interesting in the world, full of nooks, mirrors, wardrobes, and mysterious doors. While exploring her new home, young Coraline discovers a door that goes nowhere, bricked up when the house was subdivided into flats. A bit bored this summer, one day out of curiosity she unlocks it, only to find that the bricks are gone and a dark passageway beckons. Naturally, she follows it to the other world, which resembles the one she just left. In this house are Coraline's other mother and other father, and for while, she is delighted. A sense of menace looms and grows, however, and soon Coraline realizes that she has walked into a deadly trap. Her own fate, as well as the fates of her real parents and some people she hasn't ever met, have become the objects of nefarious game that Coraline must win at all costs.
Neil Gaiman is a gifted author following the traditions of the great English fantasy writers, adding his own creative genius to the genre. He is the only author I have encountered who can read his own work with the verve of a professional narrator. From the very very first page, the reader is drawn into Coraline's world, and willingly follows her from the real to the imaginary. Gaiman is one of the few contemporary writers who does not have to resort to outlandish settings or contrived plot devices; the transition from one world to the subsequent is seamless and credible. And nary a vampire to be seen.
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I have to admit that most of my exposure to Gaiman is through the hands of other artists. In fact my introduction to Gaiman was via Dave McKean. While I did not read the printed version of "Coraline" the graphic edition caught my eye and I picked it up and found I could not put it down. Russell's visual adaptation gave me enough to establish boundaries, but left enough open visually for the head to bring the pages to life. I find interesting the genre of materials (books, movies, graphic novels, music) that are related through the eyes of children, but are best experienced by adults. "Coraline" fits this mold well. I watched Jan Svankmajer's "Little Oti" last night--I would place that in this pool as well.
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I have finally read a Neil Gaiman book. Wow!
I kept hearing great things about this book and about Neil Gaiman. I wanted to see what all the fuss is about.
Okay, let me say, I loved this book. I began reading one evening, and finished it that same night. I literally couldn't put this book down and was sad to see it end.
It was entertaining, magical, and very creepy.
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This version of CORALINE is a graphic novel adaptation of the novel penned by Neil Gaiman.
The story follows a common theme in his works of the naive, yet determined, everyman who stumbles into an alternate reality.
The protagonist in this story arises in the form of a young girl named Coraline.
I found the dialogue to be smartly written and the narrative engaging. The artwork, while typical comic fare, set the visual mood quite well.
I greatly enjoyed this story. I found the characters likeable and believable in the context of the story, which in and of itself seemed to me to be an odd metaphor for "growing up."
I cannot recommend this enough to fans of Neil Gaiman's work or to someone looking for something just a little bit different.
Reviewed Author name: Breia "The Brain" Brickey
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My 10 year old daughter is not a big reader and given her age she's in the "between" stage. I read the book very first and could not put it down. After I gave it to her, she could not put it down. She likes it so much she shows it to all of her friends. I definitely reccomend this.
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