There is something strange about Coraline's new home. It's not themist, or the cat that always seems to be watching her, nor the signsof danger that Miss Spink and Miss Forcible, her new neighbours, readin the tea leaves. It's the other house - the one behind the old doorin the drawing room. Another mother and father with black-button eyesand papery skin are waiting for Coraline to join them there. And theywant her to stay with them. For ever. She knows that if she venturesthrough that door, she may never come back.
