Inkheart

This story is about a girl named Meg. She didn't know that her Dad can make a book come alive when he reads them out loud. Later she founds out when Capricorn (a bad guy from the book Meg's Dad read) comes to kidnap her dad. The story goes on about how she rescued her dad from a storyland and to the second and third book.

Genre: Fantasy Author: Cornelia Funke Publisher: Scholastic Inc. Reading Grade Level: Grade 4 and up

Reviews

Heart-stopping language that impel the reader...a true feast for anyone who has ever been lost in a book. -- Kirkus Reviews, September 15, 2003

With over 80 reader reviews for Inkheart at BookBrowse, with an average rating of 5 stars, it's clear that this engrossing literary fantasy is a hit with its target audience! Book Browse

School Library Journal - Sharon Rawlins
Grade 4-8. Characters from books literally leap off the page in this engrossing fantasy....This story within a story will delight not just fantasy fans, but all readers who like an exciting plot with larger-than-life characters.

Booklist - Carolyn Phelan
Gr. 6-12. Despite the presence of several well-developed, sympathetic characters, the plot is often driven by the decidedly menacing, less-convincing villains...Like many other fantasies, this will appeal to a broad age range, though the writing is far less child-centered than it is, for example, in the Harry Potter series.

Children's Literature - Sharon Salluzzo
Funke has created a fast paced mysterious adventure tale for book lovers. Well-developed characters (some humorous, others sympathetic, and some downright nasty in their deeds) and a strong sense of place will keep readers turning the pages. She begins each chapter with quotes from well-known children's books and successfully links them with the events of the chapters. 2003. Ages 10 to 14.

Amazon.com - Jennifer Hubert
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.....Cornelia Funke’s imaginative ode to books and book lovers is sure to be enjoyed by fans of her breakout debut, The Thief Lord.

"This is a good fantasy book to read kids to bed" - My Revies :-)