Tintenwelt #1

Inkheart

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Alternate cover edition: 9780439709101

From internationally acclaimed storyteller Cornelia Funke, this bestselling, magical epic is now out in paperback!

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.

563 pages, Paperback

First published September 23,2003

This edition

Format
563 pages, Paperback
Published
May 1, 2005 by Scholastic Paperbacks
ISBN
ASIN
Language
English
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  • Meggie Folchart

    Meggie Folchart

    Daughter of Mo and Resa. Like her father, has the magical ability to bring characters out of books by reading aloud....

  • Mortimer Folchart

    Mortimer Folchart

    Bookbinder or book "doctor." Resas husband and Meggies father. Also called Silvertongue because of his ability to make characters come alive by reading them out of books - to "paint pictures in the air with his voice" - although he has been wa...

  • Elinor Loredan

    Elinor Loredan

    Resas aunt, Meggies great-aunt. An avid book collector. She once preferred her books to the company of others, but she came to welcome Meggie, Mo, Resa, and Darius into her home. Opinionated, tart-tongued, and prone to speaking her mind!&helli...

  • Farid

    Farid

    A boy read out of Tales of the Arabian Nights by Mo. Nimble and quick-witted, he has a talent for petty theft, which he developed in his original story. Often barefoot!...

  • Resa Folchart

    Resa Folchart

    Mos wife, Meggies mother, and Elinors favorite niece. She spent many years mute and enslaved by the evil Mortola after Mo unknowingly read her into Inkheart. Resa returns to the Inkworld in search of Meggie in Inkspell.more...

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About the author

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Cornelia Funke is a multiple award-winning German illustrator and storyteller, who writes fantasy for all ages of readers. Amongst her best known books is the Inkheart trilogy. Many of Cornelia's titles are published all over the world and translated into more than 30 languages. She has two children, two birds and a very old dog and lives in Los Angeles, California.

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