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Book Review of Coraline

Coraline
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Written along the lines of Roald Dahl, only scarier and more horrifying, Coraline finds a door into an alternate world where her button-eyed "other mother" wants to keep her forever. Coraline escapes, but when her real parents are captured, Coraline must return to rescue them, as well as the trapped souls of 3 other children. Younger children will probably find this too frightening, as Gaiman doesn't pull any punches in the situations he throws his plucky heroine into, but older kids will find this deliciously scary.