Coraline Jones

Coraline Jones is the titular protagonist of Coraline. She is a young girl who comes with her parents in a new town, but she has only complains to make about this change of home. The house needs to be renovated, the sky is always cloudy, the neighbours are old and eccentric (the only kid around is Wybie, who annoys her) and her parents are so busy with the moving and their jobs that Coraline is often alone.

One night, she discovers a secret door in the house, which leads to another world. This place looks exactly like her own, with two differences: everybody has buttons instead of eyes, and all the defaults she thought about her new home are replaced with perfections.

Coraline has lots of fun in the other world, despite the warnings of a mysterious cat (who can talk in the magical world). However, she soon discovers that the Other Mother (an enigmatic creature that gives children new homes but eventually takes their lives) wants to "adopt" her. So, Coraline finds the eyes of the Ghost Children in order to win the deal.