Coraline and her parents move into an apartment building where Coraline encounters some eccentric neighbors. Her parents are always too busy for her so she goes off exploring in the woods in the surrounding area daily--until it begins to rain and she's not allowed outside. Her mother suggests she explore inside the house. This seems like a boring idea to Coraline until she opens a door that used to hide a brick wall and finds that she can walk through the darkness to an identical apartment on the other side. On the other side she finds everything she knows to be just a little bit different. Her parents are there... but they have buttons for eyes and pay too much attention to her. The neighborhood cat is there but he can speak and warns her to go home. Her eccentric neighbors are there, but something is not quite right about them. Coraline does return home but does not find her real parents there. Two days go by and no sign of them. She knows she has to return to the other apartment in order to rescue her parents from her "other mother". In a daring challenge, Coraline agrees to put her own self at stake in exchange for the lives of her parents and the souls of ghostly children she finds in the other mother's closet. Can she outwit the other mother in time to save everyone?
This book was scary! Coraline proves to be a brave young girl who shows great independence and strength to win the fight for her family and do the right thing. The illustrations in this graphic novel superbly complemented the storyline. Try reading the book and comparing it to the action in the graphic novel.
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