BookTalk: Coraline, by Neil Gaiman
Gaiman, Neil
CORALINE
New York : HarperCollins, 2002
ISBN 0060504544
Coraline is bored. Her parents are working from home now but that means they have little time to spend with her. The have recently moved into a new home so Coraline goes exploring. They actually have purchased one apartment in a large house so Coraline not only explores the house but also gets to meet the neighbors. In one apartment live a pair of elderly sisters. They used to be actresses and are on the eccentric side. Another apartment is owned by a strange old man who tells Coraline that he is training mice to dance. Coraline has her doubts about this. No one has ever seen the mice. The last apartment is empty. Mother says they are trying to find someone to live there. There is a door that connects Coraline's apartment with the empty apartment. When they open the door, they find a brick wall. But is it really a brick wall? If so, how did it open from the other side one night? And where are the voices coming from? When Coraline is alone one afternoon, she takes the key and opens the door. No longer is there a brick wall. The door opens on a large apartment just like their's. As a matter of fact, Coraline's mother is making dinner in the other apartment. At least it looks like Coraline's mother until she turns around.
Book Talk Taken From: Nancy Keane's Book Talks, Quick and Simple, http://nancykeane.com/booktalks/gaiman_coraline.htm
CORALINE
New York : HarperCollins, 2002
ISBN 0060504544
Coraline is bored. Her parents are working from home now but that means they have little time to spend with her. The have recently moved into a new home so Coraline goes exploring. They actually have purchased one apartment in a large house so Coraline not only explores the house but also gets to meet the neighbors. In one apartment live a pair of elderly sisters. They used to be actresses and are on the eccentric side. Another apartment is owned by a strange old man who tells Coraline that he is training mice to dance. Coraline has her doubts about this. No one has ever seen the mice. The last apartment is empty. Mother says they are trying to find someone to live there. There is a door that connects Coraline's apartment with the empty apartment. When they open the door, they find a brick wall. But is it really a brick wall? If so, how did it open from the other side one night? And where are the voices coming from? When Coraline is alone one afternoon, she takes the key and opens the door. No longer is there a brick wall. The door opens on a large apartment just like their's. As a matter of fact, Coraline's mother is making dinner in the other apartment. At least it looks like Coraline's mother until she turns around.
Book Talk Taken From: Nancy Keane's Book Talks, Quick and Simple, http://nancykeane.com/booktalks/gaiman_coraline.htm