Coraline by Neil Gaiman and P. Craig Russell, ill. New York, NY: Harper Collins Publishers, 2008. ISBN 978-0-06-082543-0
Annotation: Bored Coraline discovers a parallel world inhabited by a button-eyed family that wants her to stay forever and has to outwit them to find her real family and return home.
Media: Mixed media.
Rating: 4Q/5P.
Curricular connections: Literary Adaptation, English/Language Arts, Fantasy/Science Fiction.
School level: Middle school or junior high.
NP 07/04/09
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Russell, P. Craig. Coraline. New York: HarperCollins, 2008. ISBN: 978-0-06-
082544-7. Dewey 741.5.
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Summary
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A graphic novel adaptation of the novel by Neil Gaiman. This very scary story of a girl who ventures through a mysterious door to discover parallel worlds, is well suited to the format of a graphic novel.
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Media
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The illustrations are frightening and fantastical. This is a great mix of illustration and text. The reader becomes completely absorbed.
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Literary
Devices
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Building tension.
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Curriculum Connection
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Language arts – compare with the novel and movie.
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Rating
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5Q 5P
Top 10 ***
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Theme/extra
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visit author's website
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Mary Smartt 8/2/09
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Coraline, by Neil Gaiman, P. Craig Russell ill. New York: Harper Collins, 2008.
Summary: When Coraline's family moves into a flat in an old house, she discovers a parallel universe where things are distorted and possibly evil.
Rating: 5Q, 5P
ISBN: 0060825456
Medium: Pen/ink (color)
Curricular Connections: Great for independent reading; creative writing
Age Group: 5th – 9th Grades
*Graphic Novel
E.K. 7/29/09
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Coraline story by Neil Gaiman, adapted and illustrated by P. Craig Russell. Color by Lovern Kindzierski. Letters by Todd Klein.
New York: Harper-Collins, 2008. ISBN: 978-0-06-082544-7. Subject: Fantasy/Graphic Novel Grades: 5-8
Coraline Jones is faced with a boring summer until she finds a secret passage in her new home.
Q/P: 5/5 The recent release of the movie is sure to guarantee the popularity of the book, which is exceedingly well done
BVG, 7/22/09
Coraline, the Graphic Novel by Neil Gaiman and illustrated by P. Craig Russell New York: Harper Collins Childrens, 2008. ISBN-13: 9780060825454
A dark, rather spooky graphic novel about a young girl's experience in an alternate universe she finds in her new home.
- Media: Pen and Ink
- Rating: 5Q/5P
CHA 8/1/09
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