Coraline

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Downtown Kids Books 4-week checkout	Y Fiction / Gaiman, Neil	4-week checkout	Due 05-11-2024
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Looking for excitement, Coraline ventures through a mysterious door into a world that is similar, yet disturbingly different from her own, where she must challenge a gruesome entity in order to save herself, her parents, and the souls of three others.

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Spooky Fun for a Rainy Day submitted by sdunav on August 26, 2011, 3:04pm This is a scary, scary book. It's not at all graphic, but it is seriously spooky in the "things that go bump in the dark" manner. The "other mother" is the creepiest literary villain that I've ever run across - and calling her "beldam" makes her even scarier somehow.

Gaiman is really incredibly talented. He mixes all kinds of fantastic things and ideas (buttons, bricked up doors, kid bored on a rainy day, parents who spend too much time on the computer , theatre, rats, mice, spiders, cats, alternate worlds, snowglobes, mirrors) in a most fulfilling story.

The end of the story is really satisfying - clever Coraline!

Creepy submitted by Smiles on July 2, 2012, 3:21pm I first read this book when I was in 5th grade and it was a little creepy.

Interesting submitted by Jen Chapin-Smith on August 23, 2012, 4:47pm A short, interesting book that takes children and what they see seriously. I could identify with Coraline in many ways. Some parts of the book are creepy, so it may not be appropriate for all children.

:0 submitted by Lizzy on August 12, 2013, 3:38pm wonderfully creepy

Stupendous! Story submitted by Mackay2002 on August 23, 2013, 4:48pm It was a exciting ride with great detail all most like I was in the story.

scary submitted by MaddieBaybeck on June 15, 2015, 6:51pm You should curl up on a rainy day to read this scary tale

Fantastic submitted by -alex- on April 30, 2017, 7:37pm As the other reviews point out - a little on the scary side for a children's book. It's beautifully crafted though, and combines elements of Gothic horror with Grimms Fairy Tales.

Gaiman employs his usual shtick (another world hiding underneath, or running parallel to the one we inhabit). Here, as always, it makes for a damn good read.

Spooky submitted by Harlowamy on August 28, 2020, 11:53am A great book in which you take a dive into horror and imagination!

Creepy in a good way submitted by ajh on June 13, 2023, 5:52pm Your kid's mileage may vary, but this book is Neil Gaiman at his (always) best. A little spooky, but it turns out okay. Also, a fantastically mysterious cat.