This is a superb fairy tale-esque story about a young girl, Coraline--never Caroline, who discovers that she has an other-mother who loves her and will give her anything she wants. What child has not imagined that if they could just change their mother or father and have one instead that will give them their heart's every desire. All is not as it seems as it seems though. Coraline will have to face the task of rescuing not only herself, but also her parents and the souls of three ghosts who fell into the same trap. 
 I absolutely love Gaiman's narration of the audiobook and highly recommend it to anyone interested in reading or re-reading this horrifically charming story.