Author:Cornelia Funke Binding: Paperback ISBN: 0439709105 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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"a review of the audio book"
"Amazing book."
"An Amazing Adventure"
"Amazingly captivating tale!"
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One cruel night, Meggie's father reads aloud from a book called INKHEART-- and an evil ruler escapes the boundaries of fiction and lands in their living room. Suddenly, Meggie is smack in the middle of the kind of adventure she has only read about in books. Meggie must learn to harness the magic that has conjured this nightmare. For only she can change the course of the story that has changed her life forever. This is INKHEART--a timeless tale about books, about imagination, about life. Dare to read it aloud.
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 still 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
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
a review of the audio book I'll let others review the content of the book. This review is specific to the audio book, which is read by Lynn Redgrave. She does a beautiful job of defining the many voices in the story, and unlike some readers, she modifies the characters' voices when appropriate. For example, if the character has a cold, she speaks with a stuffier voice. Ms. Redgrave does an excellent job with both the male and female voices and is a pleasure to listen to.
Amazing book. This book is amazing. The story is well developed and I got sucked in immediately. Definitely worth reading.
An Amazing Adventure The book Inkheart is about a girl named Meggie who lost her mother between the pages of a book. She, her father, and a man named Darius all have the ability to read characters out of books. Meggie calls her father Mo. Some people call him Silvertongue and others call him Mortimor. And if you happen to like adventures, this is definitely the book for you! There are two other books called Inkspell and Inkdeath that I haven't read yet, but I bet they'll be great!! Book review by: Michaela
Amazingly captivating tale! I loved this book. I got it to read over Christmas break so that I could watch the movie in January, but I picked it up just to look at it a few days ago and I couldn't put it down! It has a great story and the writing is fantastic! I started it probably a week ago and I finished it last night! I can't wait for the movie and I can't wait to read the other two in the series! Way to go Mrs. Funke!
