Coraline Graphic Novel

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Neil Gaiman: Coraline Graphic Novel (2008, HarperCollins)

Library Binding, 192 pages

English language

Published June 24, 2008 by HarperCollins.

ISBN:
978-0-06-082544-7
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OCLC Number:
228608131

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5 stars (1 review)

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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Loved the movie, love the book too.

5 stars

Definitely creepy, honestly a little surprised it's marketed as juvenile fiction. Granted, there's nothing super horrible that happens, but some of the imagery I could totally see scaring the little ones pretty bad.

I was confused having watched the movie first, because Wyborn is not in the book. The movie is pretty dang true to the book, so I had to look into it to see why a whole character was made for the movie. Apparently, he was made to fill the gaps in the movie where Coraline's thoughts were on the page. So it's at least understandable. Honestly I felt like Coraline literally being on her own to get everything figured out and get away from the other mother added some additional suspense to it.

It is nice to have a character that is scared but still manages to put on a brave face and meet the challenges head …

Subjects

  • Comics & Graphic Novels - General
  • Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic
  • Juvenile Fiction / Comics & Graphic Novels
  • Juvenile Fiction
  • Children's Books/All Ages
  • Children: Grades 3-4