Coraline
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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 wits and courage if she is to save herself and return to her ordinary life.
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Author Extras
Reading Guides:
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Awards for Coraline |
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Amazon.com Editors’ Choice
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Bulletin Blue Ribbon (The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books)
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Book Sense 76 Pick
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Publishers Weekly Best Book
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School Library Journal Best Book
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ALA Notable Children’s Book
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Amazon.com Editors’ Choice
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Publishers Weekly Best Book
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Bulletin Blue Ribbon (The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books)
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School Library Journal Best Book
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Book Sense 76 Pick
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ALA Notable Children’s Book
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ALA Best Book for Young Adults
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New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age
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IRA/CBC Children's Choice
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Child Magazine Best Book of the Year
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Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children’s Book Award Masterlist (Vermont)
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Hugo Award for Best Novella
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Bram Stoker Award for Best Work for Young Readers
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New York Public Library's "One Hundred Titles for Reading and Sharing"
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Publishers Weekly Best Book
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Bulletin Blue Ribbon (The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books)
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School Library Journal Best Book
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Book Sense 76 Pick
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ALA Notable Children’s Book
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ALA Best Book for Young Adults
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New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age
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IRA/CBC Children's Choice
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Child Magazine Best Book of the Year
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Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children’s Book Award Masterlist (Vermont)
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Hugo Award for Best Novella
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Bram Stoker Award for Best Work for Young Readers
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New York Public Library's "One Hundred Titles for Reading and Sharing"
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Critical Praise for
Coraline
"The most splendidly original, weird, and frightening book I have read, and yet full of things children will love."
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Diana Wynne Jones
"It has the delicate horror of the finest fairy tales, and it is a masterpiece."
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Terry Pratchett
" Walk through the door and you’ll believe in love, magic, and the power of good over evil."
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USA Today
"So wonderfully whimsical that readers of all ages will hungrily devour it, word by word…Coraline is destined to become a classic.
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Globe and Mail (Toronto)
"A magnificently creepy story…for stouthearted kids who love a brush with the sinister, Coraline is spot on."
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Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review
"By turns creepy and funny, bittersweet and playful…can be read quickly and enjoyed deeply."
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San Francisco Chronicle Book Review
"An electrifyingly creepy tale likely to haunt young readers for many moons."
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Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"I think this book will nudge ALICE IN WONDERLAND out of its niche at last. It is the most splendidly original, weird, and frightening book I have read, and yet full of things children will love."
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Diana Wynne Jones
"A truly creepy tale. Beware those button eyes!"
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Family Fun Magazine
"As we used to say, it blew my mind…chilly, finely-wrought prose, a truly weird setting and a fable that taps into our most uncomfortable fears."
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Times Educational Supplement
"Chilly, finely-wrought prose, a truly weird setting and a fable that taps into our most uncomfortable fears."
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Times Educational Supplement
"A modern ghost story with all the creepy trimmings…Well done."
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New York Times Book Review
"Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, rise to your feet and applaud: Coraline is the real thing."
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Philip Pullman, The Guardian
"So wonderfully whimsical that readers of all ages will hungrily devour itCoraline is destined to become a classic.
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Globe and Mail (Toronto)
"Coraline may be Gaiman’s most disciplined and fully controlled novel to date, and it may even end up as something of a classic."
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Locus
"Gaiman’s tale is inventive, scary, thrilling and finally affirmative. Readers young and old will find something to startle them."
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Washington Post Book World
"A deliciously scary book that we loved reading together as a family."
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Orson Scott Card
"Gaiman’s pacing is superb, and he steers the tension of the tale with a deft and practiced narrative touch."
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Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books
"Beautifully spooky. Gaiman actually seems to understand the way children think. "
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Christian Science Monitor
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Instructions
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Crazy Hair
"In my hair
Gorillas leap,
Tigers stalk,
And ground sloths sleep.
Prides of lions
Make their lair
Somewhere in my crazy hair."
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