Inkheart[INKHEART][Paperback] (original 2003; edition 2005)

by CorneliaFunke (Author)

Series: Inkworld (1)

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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.

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Title:	Inkheart[INKHEART][Paperback]
Authors:	CorneliaFunke (Author)
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Good translation. Good story. (

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Sandman-1961 | Apr 26, 2022 |

A good book, much better than the movie! I really like the thought and ideas that went into this story. (

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Bookslesstravelled | Apr 15, 2022 |

I'm sorry, It just wasn't very good. It was dull in some parts and i found myself wanting to skip just to the end (not saying if I did or not)
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crazynerd | Mar 30, 2022 |

I got this book for my second-grader, and I think it was a little too old for her -- and probably too intense as well, the action in the final act kept going and going. She didn't finish, but I did, and I'll definitely keep it in mind for when she gets older. (

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leahsusan | Mar 26, 2022 |

Good translation. Good story. (

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Such breathtaking things are going to happen, you cannot even imagine. SPECTACULAR!, FABULOUS! BREATHTAKING! If you've got to read a book it's got to be this one.

added by passion4reading | editThe Guardian, Groovy Dhruv (Apr 18, 2011)

Inkheart is a book about books, a celebration of and a warning about books. The "Inkheart" of the title is a book. I don't think I've ever read anything that conveys so well the joys, terrors and pitfalls of reading. ...

When the villains are at last defeated and the denizens of the book tumble through into reality, it is quite disappointing to find them gaudy, small and trivial. Is Funke saying that, while books as books are wonderful, real life has a solid sort of grimness that renders make-believe flimsy? Or is she pleading with us to mix at least a little fantasy with our reality? I don't know. Inkheart leaves you asking such questions. And this is, to my mind, an important thing for a story to do.

added by passion4reading | editThe Guardian, Diana Wynne Jones (Nov 22, 2003)

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Cornelia Funke	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Auger, Marie-Claude	Traduction	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Šućur Perišić, Ljiljana	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Bell, Anthea	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Beneden, Hanneke	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Bertholet, Ab	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Bertuol, Sonali	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Blanco, Rosa Pilar	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Borén, Gunilla	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Butterworth, Ian	Cover designer	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Hoogweg, Pauline	Cover designer	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Jensen, Leyah	Cover designer	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Kyrö, Marja	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Lawson, Carol	Cover artist	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Magnaghi, Roberta	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Mountford, Karl J.	Cover artist	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Neumann, Ute	Overs.	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Parisi, Elizabeth B.	Designer	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Redgrave, Lynn	Narrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Strecker, Rainer	Sprecher	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Belongs to Series

Inkworld (1)

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Gli Oscar Mondadori - Bestsellers (1720)

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Inkheart / Inkspell / Inkdeath by Cornelia Funke

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Canonical title

Inkheart

Original title

Tintenherz

Alternative titles

Hart van inkt

Original publication date

2003 (German original)

2003 (English translation)

People/Characters

Meggie Folchart

Mortimer Folchart (Mo)

Important places

Capricorn's Village, Italy

Europe

Italy

Important events

Related movies

Inkheart (2008 | IMDb)

Awards and honors

ALA Notable Children's Book (2004)

South Carolina Junior Book Award Nominee (2005-2006)

Zilveren Griffel (2006)

Book Sense Book of the Year Honor Book ( [2004] | Children's Literature Honor Book | 2004)

Spellbinding Award (2005)

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Epigraph

If you are a dreamer, come in

If you are a dreamer, a wisher, a liar,

A Hope-er, a Pray-er, a Magic Bean Buyer,

If you're a pretender, come sit by my fire

For we have some flax-golden tales to spin

Come in!

Come in!

Shel Silverstein

Dedication

For Anna, who even put The Lord of The Rings aside for a while to read this book. Could anyone ask for more of a daughter?
And for Elinor, who lent me her name, although I didn't use it for an elf queen.

For Anna, who put 'The Lord Of The Rings' aside for this book. Could anyone ask more of a daughter? And for Elinor, who lent me her name, although i didn't use it for an elf queen.

First words

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.

Rain fell that night, a fine, whispering rain.

Quotations

Some books should be tasted some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly.

Why do grown-ups think it's easier for children to bear secrets than the truth?

Last words

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Jones, Diana Wynne

Barker, Clive

Original language

German

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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.

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A young adult fantasy novel where a young girl and her father are able to bring a story's characters to life with equally good and bad results just by reading.

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