Ex dente leonem reviewed Inkheart by Cornelia Funke (inkworld, #1)
Review of 'Inkheart' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
A spellbinding paean to the magic of the written word.
534 pages
English language
Published Nov. 9, 2003 by Scholastic.
Inkheart
4 stars
(12 reviews)
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.
Subjects
- Books and reading -- Juvenile fiction
- Characters and characteristics in literature -- Juvenile fiction
- Magic -- Juvenile fiction
- Bookbinding -- Juvenile fiction
- Authorship -- Juvenile fiction
- Italy -- Juvenile fiction