- Fantasy, Paranormal fiction, Juvenile fiction, Graphic novels
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 wit and courage if she is to save herself and return to her ordinary life.
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Contemporary, intimate, classical in form and grave.
- contemporarynostalgic
- intimateepic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
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- Author
- Neil Gaiman
- First published
- 2001
- Pages
- 176
- Publisher
- Arena, Trophy Pr, ROCCO
- Editions
- 94
- Language
- Italian, English, baq, French
- ISBN
- 9780060571528
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“Coraline discovered the door a little while after thev moved into the house.”
Neil Richard MacKinnon Gaiman born Neil Richard Gaiman, 10 November 1960) is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, audio theatre, and films. His notable works include the comic book series The Sandman and novels Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, and The Graveyard Book. He has won numerous awards, including the Hugo, Nebula, and Bram Stoker awards, as well as the Newbery and Carnegie medals. He is the first author to win both the Newbery and the Carnegie medals for the same work, The Graveyard Book (2008). In 2013, The Ocean at the End of the Lane was voted Book of the Year in the British National Book Awards.
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