When Coraline steps through a door to find another house strangely similar to her own (only better), things seem marvelous. But there's another mother there, and another father, and they want her to stay and be their little girl. They want to change her and never let her go. Coraline will have to fight with all her wits and courage if she is to save herself and return to her ordinary life.
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Neil Richard MacKinnon Gaiman (born 10 November 1960) is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, audio theatre and films. His notable works include the comic book series The Sandman and novels Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, and The Graveyard Book. He has won numerous awards, including the Hugo, Nebula, and Bram Stoker awards, as well as the Newbery and Carnegie medals. He is the first author to win both the Newbery and the Carnegie medals for the same work, The Graveyard Book (2008).
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When you're scared but you still do it anyway, that's brave.
“他还说,他站在那里被黄蜂叮,这么做并不是因为他勇敢,”考罗琳对猫说,“不是因为他勇敢,而是因为他不害怕:这是他唯一能做的事。可是他再回去拿眼镜的时候,他知道黄蜂还在那儿,那时他真的害怕了。那才是勇敢。” “那是为什么呢?”猫问,不过它的声音听上去并不怎么感兴趣。 “因为,”她说,“在你害怕的时候,你还要把事情完成,那才叫勇敢。”
卡萝兰叹了口气,“看样子,你真是不懂,对不对?”她说,“我不愿意想要什么就有什么。没人愿意。嘴上说说可以,心里都是不愿意的。想要什么就有什么,那还有什么乐趣?真要那样的话,什么都没意思了。”
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