Coraline

Coraline is a dark fantasy children's novella by British author Neil Gaiman, published in 2002 by Bloomsbury and Harper Collins. It was adapted as a 2009 stop-motion animated film, directed by Henry Selick.

Plot
While exploring her new home, a girl named Coraline discovers a secret door, behind which lies an alternate world that closely mirrors her own but, in many ways, is better. She rejoices in her discovery, until Other Mother and the rest of her parallel family try to keep her there forever. Coraline must use all her resources and bravery to make it back to her own family and life.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) It isn't never boring at all, it is the book at scares, which it did a good job.
 * 2) Likable characters:
 * 3) *Coraline Jones is the young explorer. She is curious, intelligent, resourceful, and courageous. Coraline is often irritated by rain, crazy grown-ups (as they all seem to be), and not being taken seriously because of her young age. She's described as being "small for her age", but Coraline is not afraid to face anyone; she is the most adventurous person in the book. Even though Coraline wants to never see the Other Mother again after she learns the truth about her nature, she does so anyway in order to rescue her parents. After everything she had heard about the Other Mother and what she has done to Coraline's family, she can't deny that the Other Mother does genuinely love her in her own selfish way.
 * 4) *The Cat is a black cat from the real world. The cat acts as a mentor to Coraline and guides her through her journey. He is left unnamed, as he explains that cats do not need names to tell each other apart. Although, the Other Mother refers to him as Vermin before being attacked. Unlike many of the characters in the novel, he does not have an "Other World" counterpart, saying that unlike other creatures in the world, cats can "keep themselves together". He moves freely from one world to the other, although he appears to be capable of talking in the Other World.
 * 5) The Beldam (also known as the Other Mother) is impressive villain. She is an evil sorceress and the ruler of the Other World. She looks similar to Coraline's real mother but taller and thinner, with long black hair that seems to move by itself, black button eyes, paper-white skin, and extremely long, twitchy fingers with long dark red nails. During the course of the novel, she grows taller, thinner, and paler, looking less and less like Coraline's mother. She cannot create, but only copy, twist, and change things from the real world when constructing her version of it.
 * 6) The part where Coraline enters the "Other World" is great.
 * 7) Great ending where Coraline returns to the house, greeting her neighbors and getting ready for school the next day.
 * 8) It earned a movie by Henry Selick that was easily just as good as the book itself. And even expanded on certain/introduced new aspects like the change in Coraline's personality (which led to her getting a character arc) and the introduction of Wyborn.

The Only Bad Quality

 * 1) Some part have incredibly scary for its target audiences in the book, such as The Beldam sewing buttons over peoples' eyes.