Coraline
Neil Gaiman, Dawn French
When Coraline moves with her parents to a new house she is fascinated by the fact that their ‘house’ is infact only half of the house! Divided in to flats years before, there is a brick wall behind a door where once there was a corridor and one day it is corridor again down which the intrepid Coraline wanders. And so a nightmare-ish mystery begins that takes Coraline in to the arms of counterfeit parents and a life that isn’t quite right. Can Coraline get out? Can she find her real parents? Will life ever be the same again? Film rights to Coraline have been licensed to Miramax. ""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."" – Diana Wynne Jones. ""This book will send a shiver down your spine, out through your shoes and into a taxi to the airport. It has the delicate horror of the finest fairy tales, and it is a masterpiece. And you will never think about buttons in quite the same way again."" – Terry Pratchett.
Reviews
An amazingly spooky story by Neil Gaiman, the author of ‘The Graveyard Book’. After reading ‘Coraline’, I definitely agree with what Terry Pratchett said about this book: “this book will send a shiver down your spine, out through your shoes and into a taxi to the airport.” Not long after moving into the new house, Coraline discovers the door. Coraline is bored. In an attempt to find something for Coraline to do, her father asks her to “count all the doors and windows. List everything blue. Mount an expedition to discover the hot water tank.” She soon completes the challenge but one thing puzzles her. There are 14 doors but only 13 open. The other is in the corner of the big drawing room. Asking her mother where it goes to, she is very confused when her mother answers with the word ‘nowhere’. To prove it, her mother opens the door and, sure enough, is faced with a brick wall. So, where does this mysterious door lead to? And if Coraline does ever manage to get in there, will she be able to get out?
Senorita July Mystery 13.08.2022
It is very creepy and scary, but I thought it was cool!
Anonymous 18.08.2018
