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| Coraline Graphic Novel | 
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 341 reviews)
Sales Rank: 3025
Category: Book
Author: Neil Gaiman
Publisher: HarperCollins
Studio: HarperCollins
Manufacturer: HarperCollins
Label: HarperCollins
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Original Language), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 192
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.2 x 0.9
ISBN: 006082543X
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5973
EAN: 9780060825430
ASIN: 006082543X
Publication Date: July 1, 2008
Release Date: June 24, 2008
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Product Description
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 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
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 Notes from a Visual Reader on Coraline September 24, 2008
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.
 Coraline discovered the door a little while after they moved into the house September 19, 2008
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.
Courtesy of Teens Read Too September 12, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
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 by: Breia "The Brain" Brickey
My daughter loved it!!! September 12, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
My 10 year old daughter is not a big reader and given her age she's in the "between" stage. I read the book 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.
Scary and Twisted September 2, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book was probably one of the scariest stories I have ever read. It was creepy in a way that made me remember why I used to be afraid of the dark and of closed doors. As for the writing style, the imagery Neil Gaiman uses in his stories gives just the right amount of flavor and atmosphere to Coraline without over burdening the reader with unnecessary details. Seeing as how frightening this book truly is, I don't recommend this book to young kids. There's no gore in it, that's not why. It's so psychological that it might be scarier to them than if there was actually gore in it. 5/5 stars for Coraline!
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