num_pages: 544
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.Characters from books literally leap off the page in this engrossing fantasy. Meggie has had her father to herself since her mother went away when she was young. Mo taught her to read when she was five, and the two share a mutual love of books. He can "read" characters out of books. When she was three, he read aloud from a book called Inkheart and released characters into the real world. At the same time, Meggie's mother disappeared into the story. This "story within a story" will delight not just fantasy fans, but all readers who like an exciting plot with larger-than-life characters.
language: English
title: Inkheart
titlecomplete: Inkheart
characters: Meggie Folchart, Elinor Loredan, Capricorn, Mortimer Folchart, Farid, Staubfinger, Resa Folchart
genres: Young Adult Fantasy, Fantasy, Audiobook, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Childrens, Magic, Books About Books, Fiction, Adventure
ratings_count: 415038
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: Chicken House Ltd.