"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)
