Excerpted with permission from The Nightmare Before Dinner, ©2018 by Zach Neil. Race Point Publishing, an Imprint of the Quarto Group.
“Who cares if your skin is whiter than a ghost’s and your favorite color, mood, and general temperament is black? It doesn’t mean you don’t occasionally want to feel like you’re on a beach somewhere away from it all. So if your favorite gothic beach is closed (or nonexistent), then Gia Farrell’s Coco Skellington is like sitting on your very own gothic beach. And just like Jack, you’ll be king!”