Inkheart by Cornelia Funke

Inkheart: The mysterious book with with dark and dangerous characters. When Mo Folchart, a book binder, reads aloud, he can bring characters from the books to life and into our world, while sending someone or something else into the book. When nine fateful years ago he is reading from the book Inkheart, Mo's wife, Teresa, disappears into it, leaving in her place the evil Capricorn and frightened fire tamer Dustfinger. Before Mo reads the pair out of the book, the two are fighting. When they show up in Mo’s house, Capricorn tries to continue the fight, but Mo quickly puts an end to it and forces Capricorn out of his house. A frightened Dustfinger quickly follows.

Nine years later, Meggie, Mo’s daughter, see’s Dustfinger out in the rain, she immediately alerts Mo who seems to know this stranger. In the morning, he is gone and the Folcharts are moving again, this time to where Mo’s wife’s aunt, Elinor, lives. Before leaving, Meggie notices a strange  On the way there they encounter Dustfinger who insists he come along. They go to Elinor’s house where Mo restores her books. A day or two after after Mo is kidnapped by Capricorn’s men. Follow Meggie as she goes on a quest to save her father, meets the author of the mysterious book in brown paper, and meets her mother.

I like this book because the main character Meggie is so much like me. She loves to read and is very brave. I also like how the author describes all the characters in vivid detail.

If you liked the book, you can also see the movie staring Brendan Fraser as Mo. Although not quite like the books, it is still an amazing movie that I recemend.

If you have read this please tell me what you think of it in the comments. Thank you
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