Meggie, now a young lady, knows nothing of her father's bizarre and powerful talent, only that Mo still refuses to read to her. Capricorn, a being so evil he would "feed a bird to a cat on purpose, just to watch it being torn apart," has searched for Meggie's father for years, wanting to twist Mo's powerful talent to his own dark means. Finally, Capricorn realizes that the best way to lure Mo to his remote mountain hideaway is to use his beloved, oblivious daughter Meggie as bait!

Cornelia Funke’s imaginative ode to books and book lovers is sure to be enjoyed by fans of her breakout debut, The Thief Lord, and young readers who enjoyed the similarly themed The Great Good Thing by Roderick Townley. (Ages 10 to 15) --Jennifer Hubert

This book is chock-full of characters, fantasy, mystery, and suspense. When people talk about a "predictable book" that is not what this is! In Inkheart, a man reads a book, and the characters come alive. He reads his wife into the book, and reads the book's villain, along with some of his crones and a desperate fire-eater, out of the book. After frantically trying to read his wife back out, he finds that reading it will only make others possibly dissapear (including an unknowing mailman). He never reads from the book again...at least that's how it would be, if he had his way. But the villain he read out of the book has other plans... Not only that, but the main character is his daughter. And perhaps it will be her that surprises everyone.

So, whatever your age, read this book, and don't deprive yourself the privilege any longer.