Coraline
Front cover by Paul A. Hotaling
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| Author | Neil Gaiman |
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| Illustrator | Dave McKean |
| Cover artist | Paul A. Hotaling |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Dark fantasy |
| Publisher |
Bloomsbury (UK) Harper Collins (US) |
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Publication date
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24 January 2002 |
| Media type | Print, e-book, audiobook |
| Pages | 163 |
| ISBN | |
| OCLC | 71822484 |
| 813 | |
| LC Class | PZ7.G1273 Co 2002 |
Coraline /ˈkɒrəlaɪn/ is a dark fantasy children's novella by British author Neil Gaiman, published in 2002 by Bloomsbury and Harper Collins. It was awarded the 2003 Hugo Award for Best Novella, the 2003 Nebula Award for Best Novella, and the 2002 Bram Stoker Award for Best Work for Young Readers. It has been compared to Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and was adapted into a 2009 stop-motion film directed by Henry Selick.
Coraline Jones and her parents move into an old house that has been divided into flats. The other tenants include Miss Spink and Miss Forcible, two elderly women retired from the stage, and Mr. Bobo, initially referred to as "the crazy old man upstairs", who claims to be training a mouse circus. The flat beside Coraline's is unoccupied.
One rainy day Coraline discovers a locked door in the formal living room. She begs her mother to unlock the door, which at one point led to the apartment next door, and they discover that it has been bricked up. Coraline goes to visit her new neighbors and Mr. Bobo relays to her a message from his mice: "Don't go through the door". Coraline has tea with Miss Spink and Miss Forcible, and Miss Spink spies danger in Coraline’s future after reading her tea leaves. She then gives her a lucky stone with a hole in the middle. The ladies explain that the stone is supposed to be "good for bad things". She says it will help her in the future.
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