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One night, Meggie's father reads aloud from Inkheart, and an evil ruler named Capricorn escapes from the pages of the book and lands in their living room. Suddenly, Meggie is living in the kind of adventure she has only read about in books. And she must somehow learn to harness the magic that has conjured this nightmare. Only Maggie can rewrite the story that has changed her life forever.
This is Inkheart, a timeless tale about books, about imagination, about life. Dare to read it aloud!
My thought
The book is about a man named Mo, and his daughter Meggie. While reading aloud to Meggie’s mom, Mo read three characters out of the book. These characters were: Capricorn, an evil villain; Basta, one of Capricorn’s most loyal men and Dustfinger, a fire eater who just wants to get back to his world and will even help Capricorn to do so. However, when these characters came out, Meggie’s mom went into the book.
Meggie doesn’t know anything about her father’s gift because he told her that her mother left. Ever since he read his wife into the book, he has been trying to read her back out and trying to run from Capricorn. One night, Dustfinger appears outside their house asking Mo to read him back into the book. Mo decided that he and Meggie needed to leave. Rather than tell her the truth (that they are running from the evil Capricorn), Mo tells Meggie that Dustfinger is an old friend and they are going to visit her Aunt Elinor (an older lady who hates kids but loves books.) However, even at Elinor’s house, Capricorn finds them and takes Mo and the book that he was read out of. Elinor, Meggie and Dustfinger set out to Capricorn’s village to find Mo.
Once they get to the village, Capricorn immediately takes them prisoner and reveals his plan of having Mo read out an evil creature called “The Shadow”. They end up escaping and going to visit the author of the book in hope that he can rewrite the story and defeat Capricorn. Unfortunately, while Mo was taking Elinor to the airport, Basta comes back and captures Meggie and the author. When Meggie accidentally reads a fairy out of Peter Pan, Capricorn realizes he no longer needs Mo because he can use Meggie to get “The Shadow”. While imprisoned, the author manages to rewrite the story so that when Meggie reads out “The Shadow” it will kill Capricorn. In the end, their plan worked; however, Basta and Capricorn’s mother are still out there and Mo gets reunited with his wife.
In conclusion, this riveting novel would please readers of ages over 12 because the writing style is slightly advanced for younger readers and they would not be able to understand the hidden meaning within the text. Also, fantasy lovers would also admire this story because “Inkheart” revolves around a dystopian setting, plot and conflict. Ultimately, Cornelia Funke wanted to portray to all readers that the connection of love is so powerful that it can o
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