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Inkheart by Cornelia Funke

Inkheart

by Cornelia Funke
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  • First Published:
  • Oct 1, 2003, 544 pages
  • Paperback:
  • Jun 2005, 560 pages
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Hannah

Such Exuberent words and such a great plot in Inkheart it was the best book i have ever read!
Anin

The best book ever. What else can I say?
Zoe L

Inkheart was an fabulous book that captured my mind in a web of brilliantly done charicters and a plot that couldent make me put the book down! The book literally came to life as I was reading. I would recomend this book to anyone who has a BIG enough imagination to handle it.
Bubba

This is one of the best books I have ever read. It is about two young boys that runaway to Venice and have fantastic adventures. The author (Cornelia Funke) wrote this book as if it was from the point of a little boy. I think that The Thief Lord is a great book and you should read it.
Beth

I found the idea of characters coming off the pages very unique. It was a little scary and dark at some points, but that was good. I loved it and read it quickly, I couldn' t put it down. It expands your imagination so much. The ending wasn't the usual kind you'd expect, but it did have good closure I thought. There were plenty of lessons learned in it, which is always good for kids stories.
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My daughter asked for Inkheart for Christmas. She is 10. She devoured it in record time and begged me to read it. I did and I loved it. What a wonderful premise and what clearly defined characters as big, no, bigger than life. I loved that the characters were dark and scary. I loved that their was not a happy, tied-up-in-a-bow, perfect ending. Fenoglio rocks!
Chrissy

OK (;
It was ok. Not great but not bad.
Jennifer

Entertaining.
This story-within-a-story is sure to catch many readers' attention. Enter the world of Meggie, a twelve year old girl who is the daughter of Mo, a book-binder who can read characters out of books, join them as they try to battle the evil villain from the book, and get Meggies mother back to them. A definite curl-up under the covers read.
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