In Coraline's family's new flat there's a locked door. On the other side is a brick wall--until Coraline unlocks the door... and finds a passage to another flat in another house just like her own. Only different. The food is better. Books have pictures that writhe and crawl and shimmer. And there's another mother and father who want Coraline to be their little girl. They want to change her and keep her with them.... Forever.