Coraline - Neil Gaiman

This is a short, easy to read, but incredibly creepy book; good for pre-teens as well as adults! I read this book a year ago, and revisited it this year for school. I was just as scared this time! Coraline is a young, adventurous girl who finds a door in her living room that leads into a parallel dimension, where her "other mother" is more responsive, cooks better, and provides better toys than Coraline's real mother. But something about this world is not right; the alternate dimension is full of grotesque versions of everyone in Coraline's life. Eventually, she realizes how evil her "other mother" really is, and Coraline puts everything on the line to save her real family, 3 dead children's souls, and herself!
Pick up the version with illustrations by Dave McKean! This book has great imagery, but the illustrations are cringe-worthy!