“This book tells a fascinating and disturbing story that frightened me nearly to death.”
—Lemony Snicket
“This is a marvelously strange and scary book.”
—Philip Pullman
“This book will send a shiver down your spine, out through your shoes, and into a taxi to the airport. It has the delicate horror of the finest fairy tales, and it is a masterpiece.”
—Terry Pratchett
“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.”
—Diana Wynne Jones
“A deliciously scary book. The magical elements are surprising and new, and the evil that she has to fight is disturbing in ways that matter.”
—Orson Scott Card
“A modern ghost story with all the creepy trimmings. Well done.”
—The New York Times Book Review
“CORALINE is by turns creepy and funny, bittersweet and playful. A book that can be read quickly and enjoyed deeply.”
—San Francisco Chronicle Book Review
“An electrifyingly creepy tale likely to haunt young readers for many moons.”
—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“CORALINE may be Gaiman’s most disciplined and fully controlled novel to date, and it may even end up as something of a classic.”
—Locus
“Chilly, finely wrought prose, a truly weird setting, and a fable that taps into our most uncomfortable fears.”
—Times Educational Supplement (London)