When Coraline steps through the locked doors in her family's new flat, she finds a world which caters to her every whim. But when she wants to leave, things turn unpleasant. Illustrations.
Coraline ventures through a mysterious door into a world that is similar, yet disturbingly different from her own, where she must challenge a gruesome entity in order to save herself, her parents, and the souls of three others.
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Coraline ventures through a mysterious door into a world that is similar, yet disturbingly different from her own, where she must challenge a gruesome entity in order to save herself, her parents, and the souls of three others.
Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
"Gaiman's tale is inventive, scary, thrilling and finally affirmative. Readers young and old will find something to startle them." - Washington Post Book World
"A modern ghost story with all the creepy trimmings...Well done." - New York Times Book Review
"Coraline is by turns creepy and funny, bittersweet and playful...can be read quickly and enjoyed deeply." - San Francisco Chronicle Book Review
"A magnificently creepy story. Coraline is spot on." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"Gaiman's pacing is superb, and he steers the tension of the tale with a deft and practiced narrative touch." - Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
"Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, rise to your feet and applaud: Coraline is the real thing." - Philip Pullman, The Guardian
"The most splendidly original, weird, and frightening book I have read, and yet full of things children will love." - Diana Wynne Jones
"It has the delicate horror of the finest fairy tales, and it is a masterpiece." - Terry Pratchett
"An electrifyingly creepy tale likely to haunt young readers for many moons." - Publishers Weekly (starred review)
" Walk through the door and you'll believe in love, magic, and the power of good over evil." - USA Today
"So wonderfully whimsical that readers of all ages will hungrily devour itCoraline is destined to become a classic. - Globe and Mail (Toronto)
"Chilly, finely-wrought prose, a truly weird setting and a fable that taps into our most uncomfortable fears." - Times Educational Supplement
"A deliciously scary book that we loved reading together as a family." - Orson Scott Card
"Beautifully spooky. Gaiman actually seems to understand the way children think. " - Christian Science Monitor
"A frighteningly realistic fantasy. Lean crisp prose adds to the suspense and propels the story, and the eerie black-and-white illustrations by Dave McKean heighten the nightmarish quality of the tale." - Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)
"Kids will hang on every word. Coraline is a character with whom they will surely identify, and they will love being frightened out of their shoes. This is just right for all those requests for a scary book." - School Library Journal (starred review)
"A modern ghost story with all the creepy trimmings...Well done." - New York Times Book Review
"Coraline is by turns creepy and funny, bittersweet and playful...can be read quickly and enjoyed deeply." - San Francisco Chronicle Book Review
"A magnificently creepy story. Coraline is spot on." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"Gaiman's pacing is superb, and he steers the tension of the tale with a deft and practiced narrative touch." - Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
"Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, rise to your feet and applaud: Coraline is the real thing." - Philip Pullman, The Guardian
"The most splendidly original, weird, and frightening book I have read, and yet full of things children will love." - Diana Wynne Jones
"It has the delicate horror of the finest fairy tales, and it is a masterpiece." - Terry Pratchett
"An electrifyingly creepy tale likely to haunt young readers for many moons." - Publishers Weekly (starred review)
" Walk through the door and you'll believe in love, magic, and the power of good over evil." - USA Today
"So wonderfully whimsical that readers of all ages will hungrily devour itCoraline is destined to become a classic. - Globe and Mail (Toronto)
"Chilly, finely-wrought prose, a truly weird setting and a fable that taps into our most uncomfortable fears." - Times Educational Supplement
"A deliciously scary book that we loved reading together as a family." - Orson Scott Card
"Beautifully spooky. Gaiman actually seems to understand the way children think. " - Christian Science Monitor
"A frighteningly realistic fantasy. Lean crisp prose adds to the suspense and propels the story, and the eerie black-and-white illustrations by Dave McKean heighten the nightmarish quality of the tale." - Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)
"Kids will hang on every word. Coraline is a character with whom they will surely identify, and they will love being frightened out of their shoes. This is just right for all those requests for a scary book." - School Library Journal (starred review)
'I think this book will nudge ALICE IN WONDERLAND out of its niche at last. It is the most splendidly original, weird, and frightening book I have read, and yet full of things children will love'