num_pages: 544
description: Meggie loves stories, but her book-binding father, Mo, hasn't read aloud to her since her mother mysteriously disappeared some years ago. When a stranger who knows her father knocks at their door, Mo is forced to reveal an extraordinary secret – when he reads aloud, words come alive, and dangerous characters step out of the pages.Suddenly, Meggie is living the kind of adventure she has only read about in books, but this one will change her life for ever.
language: English
title: Inkheart
titlecomplete: Inkheart (Inkworld, #1)
characters: Capricorn, Staubfinger, Farid, Elinor Loredan, Mortimer Folchart, Resa Folchart, Meggie Folchart
genres: Fantasy, Middle Grade, Magic, Young Adult Fantasy, Young Adult, Childrens, Books About Books, Fiction, Adventure, Audiobook
ratings_count: 415065
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