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. CraigRussell brings Neil Gaiman's enchanting nationally bestselling children's book Coraline to new life in this gorgeously illustrated graphic novel adaptation.
Author: Neil Gaiman
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Harperalley
Published: 06/24/2008
Pages: 192
Weight: 1.22lbs
Size: 9.29h x 6.25w x 0.73d
ISBN: 9780060825430
Audience: Ages 9-12
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.6
Point Value: 2
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 135963 / Coraline: The Graphic Novel
Award: Locus Awards - Winner
Review Citation(s):
Booklist 03/15/2008 pg. 66
Voice of Youth Advocates 06/01/2008 pg. 159 - Recommended - Hard To Beat
Kirkus Review - Children 06/15/2008 pg. 651
School Library Journal 07/01/2008 pg. 119
Kirkus Best Children's Books 11/15/2008 pg. 12
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 10/01/2008 pg. 15 - Book Of Special Distinction
SLJ's Best Books 12/01/2008 pg. 40
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 09/01/2008
Library Journal 01/15/2009 pg. 69
Booklist Ed Choice Youth 01/01/2009 pg. 14
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2009 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw
About the Author
Russell, P. Craig: -
P. Craig Russell lives in Kent, Ohio, and has spent forty years producing graphic novels, comic books, and illustrations. He is well-known for his graphic novel adaptations of Neil Gaiman's Coraline and Sandman: The Dream Hunters, as well as his Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde series. His work ranges from such mainstream titles as Batman, Star Wars, and Conan to adaptations of classic operas and a Jungle Book series. He has won several Harvey and Eisner Awards.
Gaiman, Neil: -Neil Gaiman is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of books for children and adults whose award-winning titles include Norse Mythology, American Gods, The Graveyard Book, Good Omens (with Terry Pratchett), Coraline, and The Sandman graphic novels. Neil Gaiman is a Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR and Professor in the Arts at Bard College.