Neil Gaiman - Coraline

Four and a half stars. Highly recommended. Award-level stuff.

Coraline is a young girl who lives with her parents in a big house. Downstairs live two elderly actresses, and upstairs lives a crazy old man who trains mice. But the adjacent flat is empty. Or is it? One day Coraline opens the door between the two flats, and finds her "other mother" waiting for her. Even in this short a space (it's a novella, really), Gaiman crafts a beautiful, creepy tale with all his trademark depth and imagination. Wonderful.