Go on, admit it, the book whispers its story to you at night. This book was a fantasy story centered on a 12year old book lover whose father had an extraordinary gift of bringing the world of books to her life. I imagine the book reads well in german, but i know for a fact that the translator has done an estimable job of creating an english version of inkheart. It is full of books whose pages whisper to meggie, beckoning her to join their worlds. How to get incredible blurbs for your book scribe writing. And for elinor, who lent me her name, although i didnt use it for an elf queen. So does her father, mo, a bookbinder, although he has never read aloud to her since her mother mysteri. Inkspell is the second book in the inkheart trilogy, written by cornelia funke.
Meggie, a girl at the age of 12, sees a stranger staring at her outside her window and tells her father, mortimer or mo, as meggie calls him about it. Her inkheart trilogy was adapted into a major hollywood movie. The villains are actually evil, which isnt very common in childrens books but the book is easy to read and would be suitable for anyone 10 and up. Life in the inkworld has been far from easy since the extraordinary events of inkspell, when the book inkheart magically drew meggie, mo and dustfinger back into its pages. Inkspell inkheart trilogy by cornelia funke paperback. In the year 2003, cornelia funke wrote another award winning novel, the inkheart.
Download and read online for free inkheart by cornelia funke. Cornelia funke booklist cornelia funke message board. The book won the award for the booksense book of the year childrens literature in the year 2004. But they didnt send me the book, and now my next deadline is upon me, and i cant read it and respond, even though i really. Mo entrusts a book to elinor, but is all secretive about it. When a disturbing stranger named dustfingers intrudes on their peace, she gradually discovers that the barrier between books and the real world is permeable and that an illfated readaloud. Meggies father, mo, has an wonderful and sometimes terrible ability. Mo discovered his power when maggie was just a baby. It is hard to avoid preciosity in books about books, but here funke pulls off the feat with vigor. Twelveyear old meggie folchart lives alone with her father. A sample letter for writers requesting a book endorsement. Now the villain, capricorn, whom mo accidentally released from a book called inkheart, is determined to capture mo, meggie, and the book, and force mo to read both. One cruel night, meggies father reads aloud from a book called inkheart and an evil ruler. Gah inside our story theres a dude named fenoglio, who wrote a book that he titled inkheart because, as he explains it, its title is inkheart because its about a man whose wicked heart is as black as ink, filled with darkness and evil 34.
Diana wynne jones is intrigued by cornelia funkes inkheart, a novel that blurs reality and fiction. Read the books you know or want your book to be compared to. Meggie loves stories, but her bookbinding father, mo, hasnt read. I fell in love with his world just as the characters in the book do. One of the central themes in the book inkheart is the astonishing ability shared by mo and his daughter meggie to read. Neither can dustfinger, the fireeater who was written into being. Reviewing our example will help you write your own book cover quote request but dont copy this sample letter word for word. But despite the slow pacing and repetition, this is a rousing adventure. He is evil incarnate, taking joy in hurting other creatures.
What is the ending to the book inkheart by cornelia funke. Before you write a letter to an author requesting a quote, endorsement, or blurb for your book, take a look at our sample letter shown below. One cruel night, meggies father reads aloud from a book called inkheart and an evil ruler escapes the boundaries of fiction and lands in their living room. Write down what, specifically, you loved about the book, what spoke to you, and, if you know your own project well, how your book and theirs intersect. She has won the book sense childrens literature award twice and the roswitha prize, and was voted into time magazines list of 100 most influential people in 2005. And now he is looking for mo, because mo owns a copy of the book called inkheart, the same book he read aloud so long ago. It may even encourgage more people of all ages to read this trilogy. The art of the blurb request nelson literary agency. Games, author extras, and resources based on the awardwinning book inkheart by cornelia funke.
Meggie, a girl at the age of 12, sees a stranger staring at her outside her window and tells her father, mortimer or mo, as. Meggie cant stop thinking about inkheart, the book whose characters came to life. Inkheart by cornelia funke paperback book the parent store. As with cornelia funkes previous book, the thief lord, some kids will be put off by the leisurely pace of inkheart, while others will be enthralled by the unusual story. Perhaps the story in the book is just the lid on a pan. Order of cornelia funke books cornelia funke is a german author of adventure and fantasy childrensya novels. When his apprentice farid and meggie follow, the story threatens to unfold in ways they could scarcely imagine. I found the story to have a lot of twist and turns, which made it very hard to put the books down. Inkheart is a 2003 young adult fantasy novel by cornelia funke, and the first book of the inkheart trilogy. Were hugely excited to see dragon rider and the griffins feather as books of the month in wh smith and waterstones respectively. From internationally acclaimed storyteller cornelia funke, this bestselling, magical epic is now out in paperback. With dustfinger dead, and the evil adderhead now in control, the story in. Twelveyearold 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.
I hope that the film of the first book inkheart, will be enjoyable and entertaining, as the books are. I just love inkheart and im reading inkspell now for the second time be4 i read inkdeath. I also like that it expresses the power of the written word in a way that is exciting to children. Fenoglio requests basta to give him paper in exchange for some charms. Putting blurbs in the book description or the about the book section can add a lot of social proof to the book. Inkheart authors cornelia funke translator anthea bell illustrator cornelia funke cover. Our booksource team is working remotely and available to answer questions, create price quotes and place book orders. The dragons are back and soaring into bookshops everywhere this month. Ok inkspell inkheart trilogy, book 2 paperback 4 aug 2011. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. This specificity is important, because you wont just be writing a fan letter when you ask for a blurb. Jan 02, 2009 i just love inkheart and im reading inkspell now for the second time be4 i read inkdeath. Anthea bell twelveyearold 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.
This study guide consists of approximately 36 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of inkheart. I also find some plot twists to be very unbelievable, but it is a fantasy, after all. One cruel night, meggies father reads aloud from a book called inkheart and an evil. The inkheart trilogy has 8 entries in the series overdrive rakuten overdrive borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and videos from thousands of public libraries worldwide. Tintenherz is a 2003 young adult fantasy novel by cornelia funke, and. When he reads aloud from books, he brings the characters to lifeliterally. Suddenly, the two are plunged into the kind of adventure meggie has only encountered in fiction, and they must somehow learn to harness the magic they were reading about to change the course of the story before it ruins. Funke creates an action packed adventure fantasy peopled with memorable characters and chilling villains.
Inkheart 01 inkheart by cornelia funke translated from the german by anthea bell 2 dedication for anna, who even put the lord of the rings aside for a while to read this book. Mo to be played by fraser is a book doctor living in an obscure part of europe with meggie, his 12yearold daughter. Meggie folchart lives alone with her father mo, a book repair specialist. Nov 21, 2003 inkheart by cornelia funke, translated by anthea bell 544pp, chicken house. Inkheart is a book about books, a celebration of and a warning about books. Tintenherz is a 2003 young adult fantasy novel by cornelia funke, and the first book of the inkheart trilogy. The inkheart series is a succession of four fantasy novels written by german author cornelia. Oct 01, 2011 inkheart was always a favorite of mine growing up, well written and engaging, a hard book to put down. Although a year has passed, not a day goes by without meggie thinking of inkheart, the book whose characters came to life.
The book she had been reading was under her pillow, pressing its cover against her ear as if to lure her back into its printed pages. Inkheart is the title of our book and the book within the book. And the letters on the page tell us only as much as wed see peering through a keyhole. But this ability is a curse when someone comes out of a book, someone else from our world goes into the book, and this, meggie learns, is how she lost her mother many years ago. In the story, a good reader can taste the words, making the stories and characters come alive. Her father invites the stranger in, who introduces himself as dustfinger.
Bought the trilogy for my 11 year old son at his own request. Suddenly, meggie is smack in the middle of the kind of adventure she has only read about in books. Capricorngot read out of fenoglios book and into the. Inkheart by cornelia funke, 9781908435118, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Maggie and her father mo are two wonderful characters who have each others back and as you read on you realize what.
With dustfinger dead, and the evil adderhead now in control, the story in which they are all caught has taken an unhappy turn. Mo, on an urgent call, leaves for the airport leaving meggie with fenoglio and his three. Lengthy but rich fantasy great for bookloving tweens. There is much more character development and i loved that the setting was the world fenoglio created rather than our own world. In june 2007 inkheart was voted, in a composite online and phone pollshow named unsere besten, organized by the zdf network, as the eleventh best book of all time by the general public. Dustfinger finds an unscrupulous storyteller to transport him back into the book with devastating results. Ok inkheart inkheart trilogy, book 1 paperback 4 aug. This magical power proves dangerous, as characters from a certain bookinkheartare on the loose and after mo. Due to covid19 stay at home orders and national social distancing guidelines, we have suspended shipping through april 30, 2020. Meggie must learn to harness the magic that has conjured this nightmare. Mo is a talented book binder whose love for books is only superseded by his love for meggie and for his lost wife. Inkheart family covers a wide range of different styles such as script, brush, sa.
Mo to be played by fraser is a book doctor living in an obscure part. While dean spanley is a leisurely affair, inkheart is a fastmoving tale full of action and attractive special effects, not unlike that other story about storytelling, the princess bride. One cruel night, as meggies father reads a book called inkheart aloud, an evil ruler named capricorn escapes the boundaries of fiction and lands in their living room. The book is a quick read for its length, it keeps you engaged and wanting to know what comes next. About the book life in the inkworld has been far from easy since the extraordinary events of inkspell, when the book inkheart magically drew meggie, mo and dustfinger back into its pages. The books chronicle the adventures of teen meggie folchart whose life changes dramatically when she realizes that she and her father, a bookbinder. This magical power proves dangerous, as characters from a certain book inkheart are on the loose and after mo. Then, think about thanking the author again on publication day.
This is a very good book, though i wouldnt exactly call it a childrens book. Meggie is a stalwart heroine, and the villains are truly creepy and brutal perhaps too much so for some children. Based on a 2007 online poll, the national education association named the book one of its teachers top 100 books for children. It was recommended to me by my 12 year old niece as her very favorite book.
One night a guy named dustfinger comes to see mo, and they talk about some dude whos on his trail capricorn. If you have a lot of blurbs, you can put them on their own pages, usually right at the beginning of the book. Inkheart is the name of the book capricorn is looking for, and inkheart is a description of the kind of person capricorn is. When meggies father reads aloud, characters jump right out of the book into the real world. While inkheart has a bittersweet tone to it, plus some obscure trivia on the art of bookbinding and martens a rare and practically extinct breed of weasel it doesnt offer much simply plot wise. He read so lyrically from the the book inkheart, that several of the books wicked characters ended up blinking and cursing on his cottage floor. But for dustfinger, the fireeater brought into being from words, the need to return to the tale has become desperate. A fourth volume, the colour of revenge expected 2021, is under progress. Ive known the writer for years and its a local press, so i told them i could do it, if they sent it to me in april when i was between deadlines. It has a very unusual plot, the characters are strange.
They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting. Many twists and turns that will particularly intrigue those who love books unfold before meggie ultimately learns that she and her father have something in common when it comes to magic. She is best known for her inkheart trilogy, and also writes the ghosthunters series. Im sure it must be very comfortable sleeping with a hard, rectangular thing like that under your head, her father had teased the first time he found a book under her pillow. Inkheart is a handmade font family of 22 fonts designed to play together. When an author provides you with a blurb, write a thank you note, on paper, just the way your mother taught you when you were eight.
It always stays the same, but underneath theres a whole world that goes on developing and changing like our own world. The idea that the main character gets sucked into a magical world from the book she reads every night is brilliant and magical. Capricorn and his gang of thugs try to steal the book so they can be read back into inkworld. Suddenly, the two are plunged into the kind of adventure meggie has only encountered in fiction, and they must somehow learn to harness the magic they were reading about to change the course of the story before it ruins their.