num_pages: 709
description: Twelve-year-old Meggie learns that her father, who repairs and binds books for a living, can "read" fictional characters to life when one of those characters abducts them and tries to force him into service.
language: English
title: Inkheart
titlecomplete: Inkheart
characters: Farid, Staubfinger, Capricorn, Resa Folchart, Elinor Loredan, Meggie Folchart, Mortimer Folchart
genres: Fiction, Magic, Books About Books, Adventure, Young Adult Fantasy, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Childrens, Fantasy, Audiobook
ratings_count: 414932
places: Italy
series: Inkworld
awards: awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Young Adult Book, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Mythopoeic Fantasy Award
category: Children's Literature, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Zilveren Griffel, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire
category: Roman jeunesse, awardedAt: 1230796800000
name: Nene Award, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Flicker Tale Children's Book Award, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis
category: Preis der Jugendjury, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Phantastik-Preis der Stadt Wetzlar, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Literaturpreis der Jury der jungen Leser
category: Kinderbuch
publisher: Thorndike Pr