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Tim Burton's the Nightmare Before Christmas

by Megan Shepherd
MacLeod Andrews
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Celebrate the 30th anniversary of the holiday classic Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas with this stunning collectible novelization, adapted by New York Times bestselling author Megan Shepherd. Jack Skellington, the beloved Pumpkin King of Halloween Town, has grown tired of his home's annual scaring routines and longs for something new. So when he and his loyal dog, Zero, discover a series of doors in the Hinterlands leading to other holiday towns, he can't help but explore—and quickly becomes enamored with Christmas Town, a place filled with jolly laughs, merry elves, and plenty of presents. Jack shares all of his findings with the rest of Halloween Town, and together, they devise a plan to run Christmas themselves. But not all tricks can be turned into holiday treats, and Jack's dream to organize the best Christmas ever may just turn into a nightmare. Alongside friends like the rag doll Sally, can Jack find his true purpose as a holiday king? Complete your Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas collection with these ghoulish reads! The Nightmare Before Christmas, by Tim Burton Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas : 13 Days of Christmas Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas: Long Live the Pumpkin Queen, by Shea Ernshaw Art of Coloring: Disney Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas Visual Companion

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  • Release date

    July 4, 2023

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    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781368101738
      • File size: 141352 KB
      • Duration: 04:54:28

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Kirkus

      August 1, 2023
      The Pumpkin King of Halloween Town misguidedly tries to give Santa an enforced rest. Joining pop-up, picture-book, movie novelization, video game, and multiple manga versions of the original film, not to mention a heavily illustrated 2021 deluxe adaptation and a YA sequel (Shea Ernshaw's Long Live the Pumpkin Queen, 2022), this effort to squeeze the last drop of market juice from the macabre holiday classic presents a clunky prose rendition set within wide black borders, unadorned with atmospheric spot art, original illustrations, or even stills. Shepherd does largely preserve the film's plotline and dialogue, if not always with literary flair: "Almost moving as one amorphous blob, the crowd pressed even closer," and "All his renewed confidence moved aside in one fell swoop." Readers are likely to find her gothic tweaks, which range from a reference to the "possessed gunshot-ridden duck" that Jack-as-Santa delivers to an unsuspecting household to villain Oogie Boogie's lecherous assault on rag doll Sally ("He ran his sack hand down the curve of the leg and tossed off its black boot..."), discomfiting--and not in a good way. Ultimately, the tale stumbles to a close with the Undead Ensemble serenading "everyone who treasured the beautiful darkness of Halloween." An ill-wrought, not to mention superfluous, tie-in. (Holiday fantasy. 12-14)

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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