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Coraline is a fantasy/horror 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 in Wonderland because of its surrealism and plot based on an alternate-reality, and has been adapted into a 2009 stop-motion film directed by Henry Selick.
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Click here to read the book quotes. Click here to read the Quick Tip. "Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten." --G. K. Chesterton Coraline is one of the most unique children's books I have read in a long time. It's a quick read but what it lacks in length it makes up with … more
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a totally twisted movie the animation and story were so freaking weird i fell in love with it automatically. i read the book after watching the movie and i liked it just as much.
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Click here to read the book review. Click here to read the book quotes. A rather quirky and unusual children's book. It reminded me of Alice in Wonderland purely because Coraline travels to another "world." It was darker than the children's books I read as a child, but appropriate for a younger audience, especially if they want to read a horror/fantasy genre.
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Coraline is really creepy. Sad they made it for children.
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haha i stole this book from my teacher when i was in 5th grade. because i was grounded and figured it would give me something to do. i finished it in less than 3 hours, and immediately made my younger sister read it too. the button eyes, and dark version of reality that coraline goes into every night is just amazing. i think neil gaiman is my favorite visual author because he painted such a good picture in just this book.
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this book is Weird! but kinda cool, in a creepy way
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Charming dark children's novel.
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Quick Tip by Bethany_Halligan.
June 22, 2010
creepy. but good
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Quick Tip by Kaila7077.
June 15, 2010
Cute but creepy book.
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Very good!
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