Now Coraline, said Miss Spink, what's your name? Coraline, said Corali…

Neil Gaiman
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Now Coraline, said Miss Spink, what's your name? Coraline, said Coraline. And we don't know each other, do we? Coraline looked at the thin young woman with black button eyes and shook her head slowly. ✨ Neil Gaiman (2013). Coraline, p.50, A&C Black
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Now Coraline, said Miss Spink, what's your name? Coraline, said Coraline. And we don't know each other, do we? Coraline looked at the thin young woman with black button eyes and shook her head slowly. ✨ Neil Gaiman (2013). Coraline, p.50, A&C Black

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