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For years, Jacob Reckless has been escaping to another world--a world behind the mirror, where witches haunt the forests and fairies and dwarfs roam. A world for treasure hunts and magnificent quests--but also a world locked in a deadly war. Jacob's secret seems safe, until one day his... read more
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Reckless is about a young man named Jacob Reckless, who travels through a mirror that is in his fathers private room into a land he discovered when he was twelve years old. Gargoyles, fairies and all sorts of other fantasy creatures inhabit this land. Jacob's main mission throughout the book... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Characters edit
- Jacob Reckless (named after Jacob Grimm): The protagonist of the story. The older brother of Will.
- Will Reckless: Jacob's younger brother that he is trying to save.
- Waterman: Monster that kidnaps human girls and takes them to an underwater cave to shower them with gifts.
- Lorelei: Water nymphs that try to lure men into the water with their enchanted singing.
- Miranda (The Red Fairy): She is the Dark Fairy's sister. Jacob seeks her help in curing Will. She and Jacob were lovers.
- Donnersmarck: Guard at the palace of the Empress.Jacob saved one of his brothers from a witch in the past.
- Jade Goyl: A Goyl that is prophesied to give the King Goyl invincibility. Will.
- Nesser: A young female Goyl soldier. Hentzau's second in command.13 years old.
- John Reckless: Jacob and Will's missing father.
- Amalie: Therese's (the Empress) only daughter.She gets her beauty from a white lily (from the Fairies' pond), which was brought back by the dwarf who cheats Jacob.
- Empress Therese of Austry: Ruler of Austry. At war with the Goyl.
- The Tailor: A monster that lives in the forest. Has needles, scissors, and knives for fingers. Makes clothes out of human skin. His skin is of humans. Makes snip and snaps in the woods. Deadly. Can't enter witch house.
- Fox/Celeste: She is a regular person who lives in the mirror world but can turn into a fox by wearing a magical dress. She and Jacob are really good friends and she will always try to protect Jacob.
- Albert Chanute: Jacob's mentor/father figure in the mirror world. Innkeeper in Schwanstein. Had his arm ripped off by an ogre. Jacob saved his life.He was a treasure hunter for the empress.
- Kami'en: King of the Goyl
- The Dark Fairy: Kami'en's mistress. She is a water fairy who left the land of the fairies. Sister to the Red Fairy.
- Hentzau: A Goyl. The highest officer in Kami'en's army, and very loyal/trusted.
- Clara: Will's girlfriend, a medical student, who he met in the hospital. She joins them in their adventures in the world behind the mirror.
- Evenaugh Valiant: A dwarf that Jacob does business with. He double crossed Jacob three years prior. Jacob goes to him for assistance in finding his way to the Fairy Realm.
Quotes edit
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“Stone was the only thing that lasted.”
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“They say that to humans, love often feels like death. Is that true?”
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“But Jacob loved the night. He felt it on his skin like a promise. Like a cloak woven from freedom and danger.”
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What was this yearning, tearing at her insides like hunger and thirst? It couldn’t be love. Love was warm and soft, like a bed of leaves. But this was dark, like the shade under a poisonous shrub, and it was hungry. So hungry. It must have some other name, just as there couldn’t be the same word for life and death, or for moon and sun.
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yesterday was born of tomorrow, just as tomorrow was born of yesterday.
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THE MIRROR WILL OPEN ONLY FOR HE WHO CANNOT SEE HIMSELF.
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But in the end a man wants to sense the same mortality that dwells in his own flesh also in the skin he caresses.
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He felt it on his skin like a promise. Like a cloak woven from freedom and danger.
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How loud a heart could beat. Until it took your breath away.
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“I just wonder why they’re so obsessed with gold. Silver is so much more beautiful.”
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The night breathed through the apartment like a dark animal.
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But fear was an emotion he had grown to like. It lured him to dark places, through forbidden doors, and away from himself, and even the yearning for his father could be drowned in it.
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“Roses,” he muttered, picking one of the rose hips that grew from the twisted branches. “I’ve been searching for this castle for years. Sleeping Beauty’s bed. The Empress would pay a fortune for it.”
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Setting & Locations edit
Mirrorworld
- Mondstein
- "The City": A modern, present-day city. It is not named, but it seems like it may be NYC. It is not a European city. This is where Jacob and Will grew up. The "right" side of the mirror is in the boys' father's office here.
- The Tower: The place where the mirror in Jacob and Will's father's office takes people. It is all that remains of an old castle.
- Schwanstein: The closest village to the tower that the mirror brings people to. Not modern.
- The Witch's House: The house of a "Child Eater" that is in the forest. The only place where the berries that can cure Will grow.
- Hungry Forest: Many Witches houses located here. The forest contains many magical, deadly creatures. Not many people venture there, unless to seek treasure.
First Sentence edit
The night breathed through the apartment like a dark animal.
Table of Contents edit
1. Once Upon a Time
2. Twelve Years Later
3. Goyl
4. On the Other Side
5. Schwanstein
6. Lovesick Fool
7. The House of the Witch
8. Clara
9. The Tailor
10. Fur and Skin
11. Hentzau
12. His Own Kind
13. Of the Use of Daughters
14. Thorn Castle
15. Soft Flesh
16. Not Ever
17. A Guide to the Fairies
18. Whispering Stone
19. Valiant
20. Too Much
21. His Brother's Keeper
22. Dreams
23. Trapped
24. The Hunters
25. The Bait
26. The Red Fairy
27. So Far Away
28. Just a Rose
29. In the Heart
30. A Shroud of Red Bodies
31. Dark Glass
32. The River
33. So Tired
34. Larks' Water
35. In the Earth's Womb
36. The Wrong Name
37. At the Dark Fairy's Windows
38. Found and Lost
39. Awoken
40. The Strength of Dwarfs
41. Wings
42. Two Paths
43. Dog and Wolf
44. The Empress
45. Past Times
46. The Dark Sister
47. The Chambers of Miracles
48. Wedding Plans
49. One of Them
50. Beauty and the Beast
51. Bring Him to Me
52. Happily Ever After
Authors & Contributors edit
- Cornelia Funke (Author)
Other Contributors:
- Lionel Wigram
- Oliver Latsch (Translator)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Little, Brown, and Company
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Publication Date: September, 2010
ISBN: 978-0-316-05609-0
Page Count: 394
Publisher: Little, Brown, and Company
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Publication Date: September, 2010
ISBN: 978-0-316-05609-0
Page Count: 394
Awards edit
- Sakura Medal (Finalist, 2012)
Subjects edit
- Books › Children's Books › Authors & Illustrators, A-Z › ( F ) › Funke, Cornelia
- Books › Children's Books › Literature › Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery & Horror › Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic
- Books › Teens › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Fantasy
- Books › Teens › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Science Fiction
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