This full-color graphic novella features art from the movie "MirrorMask," interspersed with all-new illustrations. It is the tale of a girl from a family of circus performers who finds herself in a strange new world populated by mysterious creatures.

Reviews

Gr 6-9-Coraline fans too young for "The Sandman" series (DC Comics) form the most likely audience for this novella of the film MirrorMask. A fitful dream the night before her mother's surgery takes 15-year-old Helena to a world split into light and darkness. The queen of the White City is ill, and only the stolen MirrorMask can save her and her kingdom. As Helena's quest to find the Charm wears on, she realizes that she might not be dreaming after all. McKean's stark but lively pen-and-ink drawings perfectly reflect the narrative's sinister humor. The images from the film, however, are drab and unclear. While entertaining, this scant story is less developed than Gaiman's other work and, being a movie tie-in, threatens to join the growing pile of pop-culture ephemera all too soon.-Lisa Goldstein, Brooklyn Public Library, NY Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.