It's a dark fairytale, rather like Alice in Wonderland. Coraline is a girl that is bored in her new house, and she feels her parents don't pay any attention to her. One day, she wanders through a locked door, into another version of her house, complete with Other Parents. The Other Mother and Other Father shower her with attention and gifts, but it starts to turn a little sinister when Coraline realizes she can't return to her real home and the Other Mother isn't as nice as she seems.
If you like dark fairy tales, give this a try. It's intended for children; I read it in about two hours in one sitting, but the illustrations (by Dave McKean, who also worked with Gaiman on Mirrormask) are pretty nice, even if they are in black and white.
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