Funke, Cornelia, 1958-

Inkheart / Cornelia Funke ; translated from the German by Anthea Bell. - 1st American ed. - Frome, Somerset [England] : New York : Chicken House ; Scholastic, 2003. - 534 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

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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Authorship--Fiction.
Bookbinding--Fiction.
Books and reading--Fiction.
Characters in literature--Fiction.
Magic--Fiction.


Italy--Fiction.