Description: 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.
Synopsis 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.
Details
Publication Date:
2003-10-01
Series:
Teen's Top 10 (Awards)
Size
Length:
544 pages
Height:
8.0 in
Width:
6.8 in
Thickness:
2.0 in
Weight:
26.4 oz
Publisher's Note Meggie lives a quiet life alone with her father, a book-binder. But her father has a deep secret-- he posseses an extraordinary magical power. One day a mysterious stranger arrives who seems linked to her father's past. Who is this sinister character and what does he want? Suddenly Meggie is involved in a breathless game of escape and intrigue as her father's life is put in danger. Will she be able to save him in time?
Industry Reviews "Funke takes her time with her tale, investing her situations with palpable menace and limning her characters with acute sensitivity; she creates in Meggie a stalwart heroine who never loses her childish nature even as she works to contain the monster and bring her mother back....a true feast for anyone who has ever been lost in a book." Kirkus Reviews (09/15/2003)
"Funke once again proves the power of her imagination; readers will be captivated by the chilling and thrilling world she has created here." Publishers Weekly (07/21/2003)
"The densely written but smooth text is richly descriptive, creating memorable characters and vivid images of the Italian countryside." Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books - Janice M. Del Negro (03/01/2004)