When Coraline Explores Her New Home, She Steps Through A Door And Into Another House Just Like Her Own . . . Except That It's Different. It's A Marvelous Adventure Until Coraline Discovers That There's Also Another Mother And Another Father In The House. They Want Coraline To Stay With Them And Be their Little Girl. They Want To Keep Her Forever!

Coraline Must Use All Of Her Wits And Every Ounce Of Courage In Order To Save Herself And Return Home.

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 green 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, black 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