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Inkheart | 
| Author: Cornelia Funke
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
Category: Book
List Price: $9.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  490 reviews
Sales Rank: 339
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 560
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.2 x 1.5
ISBN: 0439709105
EAN: 9780439709101
ASIN: 0439709105
Publication Date: June 1, 2005
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Amazon.com Review
Meggies 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 IInkheart,/I that several of the books wicked characters ended up blinking and cursing on his cottage floor. Then Mo discovered something even worse--when he read Capricorn and his henchmen Iout/I of Inkheart, he accidentally read Meggies mother Iin./I p 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! p Cornelia Funkes imaginative ode to books and book lovers is sure to be enjoyed by fans of her breakout debut, IThe Thief Lord/I, and young readers who enjoyed the similarly themed IThe Great Good Thing/I by Roderick Townley. (Ages 10 to 15) I--Jennifer Hubert/I
Product Description
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.
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 Full of adventures January 8, 2009
I bought the hardcover edition of this book. The colorful cover is much too juvenile for my taste but I'm not judging the book by its cover. :) It is definitely written for young readers but adults will also enjoy it. It is an adventure film in print, jumping from one adventure to the next, and although the amount of "fantasy" in this book is not comparable to other books in the same space like the Harry Potter Books (1-7) or Eragon (Inheritance), it is quite adequate and the premise is new (at least to me). br /br /It does have its shortcomings that, I should add, are easily ignored as long as you don't read it with a critical mind. There are decisions made by the characters that don't make sense and the ending could be better. The author may have been thinking ahead to the next 2 books in the trilogy. There are many surprises in the story but by the middle of the book I already knew the solution to their "magical" challenge, I was just waiting for them to do it. The climactic part towards the end, when a fantastic being arrived, reminded me of a scene from another book - The Amulet of Samarkand (The Bartimaeus Trilogy, Book 1) but unfortunately this one does not have the same amount of suspense.br /br /All that being said, I recommend this book for anyone between the ages of 9 to 99 :) You may need to buy the next 2 books, Inkspell and Inkdeath, as well to complete the story.
a review of the audio book December 28, 2008
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. December 19, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is amazing. The story is well developed and I got sucked in immediately. Definitely worth reading.
An Amazing Adventure December 18, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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!!br /br /Book review by: Michaela
Amazingly captivating tale! December 14, 2008
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!
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