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Meggie’s father, Mo, has an wonderful and sometimes terrible ability. When he reads aloud from books, he brings the characters to life--literally. Mo discovered his power when Maggie was just a baby. He read so lyrically from the the book Inkheart, that several of the book’s wicked characters ended up blinking and cursing on his cottage floor. Then Mo discovered something even worse--when he read Capricorn and his henchmen out of Inkheart, he accidentally read Meggie’s mother in.
Meggie, now a young lady, knows nothing of her father's bizarre and powerful talent, only that Mo will refuses to read to her. Capricorn, a being so evil he would "feed a bird to a cat on purpose, just to watch it being torn apart," has searched for Meggie's father for years, wanting to twist Mo's powerful talent to his own dark means. Finally, Capricorn realizes that the best way to lure Mo to his remote mountain hideaway is to use his beloved, oblivious daughter Meggie as bait!
Cornelia Funke’s imaginative ode to books and book lovers is sure to be enjoyed by fans of her breakout debut, The Thief Lord, and young readers who enjoyed the similarly themed The Great Good Thing by Roderick Townley. (Ages 10 to 15) --Jennifer Hubert
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Grade 4-8-Characters from books literally leap off the page in this engrossing fantasy. Meggie, 12, has had her father to herself since her mother went away when she was young. Mo taught her to read when she was five, and the two share a mutual love of books. Things change after a visit from a scarred man who calls himself Dustfinger and who refers to Mo as Silvertongue. Meggie learns that her father has been keeping secrets. He can "read" characters out of books. When she was three, he read aloud from a book called Inkheart and released Dustfinger and other characters into the real world. At the same time, Meggie's mother disappeared into the story. Mo also released Capricorn, a sadistic villain who takes great pleasure in murdering people. He has sent his black-coated henchmen to track down Mo and intends to force him to read an immortal monster out of the story to get rid of his enemies. Meggie, Mo, Dustfinger, and Meggie's great-aunt Elinor are pursued, repeatedly captured, but manage to escape from Capricorn's henchmen as they attempt to find the author of Inkheart in the hope that he can write a new ending to the story. This "story within a story" will delight not just fantasy fans, but all readers who like an exciting plot with larger-than-life characters. Pair this title with Roderick Townley's The Great Good Thing (2001) and Into the Labyrinth (2002, both Atheneum) for a wonderful exploration of worlds within words.
Sharon Rawlins, Piscataway Public Library, NJ
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Sharon Rawlins, Piscataway Public Library, NJ
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
The BEST Book I've ever read,
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This review is from: Inkheart (Hardcover)
This book was so good I could not put it down.I ended up getting in trouble because i was not doing my chores, i was reading instead. I read this book in about 1 week (but iam a very fast reader when i like a book alot). If you love the deep fanasty books like I do a really good series of books is the everworld series by K.A. Applegate. The everworld books took me a couple chapters to get everything straight but after that it was super!!
4.0 out of 5 stars
if you're a book addict like me...,
This review is from: Inkheart (Paperback)
And if you love long books, then this is for you! I finished the 500+ book in two days, which is normal for me (I'm a fast reader), but I didn't get bored. Unlike some, I appreciate the vivid imagery and descriptions we are offered throughout the novel. I must agree that the characters are a little flat, a bit bland, and a bit predictable, with the exception for Dustfinger I'd say; I didn't really connect with Meggie and sometimes the abrupt switching of narration threw me off. Despite that flaw, I still found it a hugely enjoyable read and got through it without ever feeling bored or like reading something else. No, it's not a literary masterpiece, but it is still a very great novel from Cornelia Funke and I highly recommend it!
3.0 out of 5 stars
Great ideas - but uneven pace,
By Woodbuckley (Australia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Inkheart (Hardcover)
Inkheart springs from a fascinating idea - that certain people can 'read' characters out of a book into this world. Meggie's father Mo is one such person, but this strange gift dealt a double-edged blow some years ago. The evil character of Capricorn and several other characters from a book sprang forth from the book "Inkheart" in exchange for Meggie's mother being pulled into the fictional world. Ever since Mo has been running and hiding from this villain and keeping the whole a secret from Meggie. Then one of the displaced characters, Dustfinger, tracks them down and their lives are put in grave danger. The pair flee to Meggie's aunt Elinor, who is lover of books and inhabits a house utterly devoted to them.Meggie is the mainspring of the tale and carries it well. All the characters are well rounded, the evil is particularly evil in a vicious, ordinary way. Dustfinger is a most sympathetic creation, so terribly out of place and torn from the moorings of his own world. He desperately desires to return there, to its beauty and magic. This can be rivetting stuff, but unfortunately the pace keeps bogging itself down in the how and where of the characters' travelling or some extra villainous maniacal threats. An enjoyable read, and of course what will happen next?
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