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Description

Cornelia Funke, the enormously talented author of the international best-seller THE THIEF LORD, brings readers another spellbinding tale of adventure and magic. Meggie lives a quiet life alone with her father, a book-binder. But her father has a deep secret-- he posseses an extraordinary... read more

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Cast of Characters/Important People

  • Meggie: Meggie is the twelve year old daughter of Mo. She, like her father, loves books.
  • Mo: Mo is a bookbinder. He has a great love for books. He is nicknamed Silvertounge by Dustfinger and Capricorn.
  • Dustfinger: Fire-eater. Old Friend of Mo's. Wants to go home to the Inkworld. Enemy of Capricorn's.
  • Capricorn: The villain, he's evil, and he's after Mo's copy of the book Inkheart, and does some pretty evil stuff after that.
  • Elinor: Meggie's aunt, she is a book collector who's mansion is overflowing with old books. She is truly obsessed with them. She doesn't really like children, so her and Meggie don't exactly like each other at first.
  • Farid: A boy who was read out of The Thousand and One Nights. Idolizes Dustfinger.
  • Basta: One of Capricorn's men. Wields a knife

Memorable Quotes

  • “The Written word is a powerful thing. You have to be careful withi t.”
  • “The written word is a powerful thing. You have to be careful with it.”
  • “I prefer stories that have the good sense to stay on the page where they belong.”

First Sentence

Es fiel Regen in jener Nacht, ein feiner, wispernder Regen.

Series

This is book 1 in the Inkworld Trilogy series.

Authors & Contributors

  1. Cornelia Funke (Author)

Other Contributors:

  1. Anthea Bell (Translator)
 

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