Inkspell by Cornelia Funke - Book

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ASIN:	0439554004
ISBN 10:	0439554004
ISBN 13:	9780439554008
Binding:	Hardcover
Publisher:	The Chicken House
Published:	2005-10-01
Number of Pages:	635
Width:	6.1 inches
Height:	1.8 inches
Length:	7.8 inches
Weight:	1.7 pounds
List Price:	$19.99
Lowest Used Price:	$3.96
Amazon.com Price:	$13.59
Sales Rank:	15174
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First Added:	2007-09-15 13:29:41 by Ryan

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Just a few chapters into Inkspell, Mo (a.k.a. "Silvertongue") sagely says to his daughter, "Stories never really end, Meggie, even if the books like to pretend they do. Stories always go on. They don't end on the last page, any more than they begin on the first page." A fitting meta-observation for this, the unplanned second installment in Cornelia Funke's beloved now-trilogy.

Of course, it's that sort of earnest, almost gushing veneration of books and book-loving that made the absorbing suspense-fantasy Inkheart so wonderful in the first place, with that lit-affection getting woven integrally into the plot (Inkheart being both Funke's first book in the series, and the fictitious book within that book, authored by the frustrated Fenoglio, now trapped within the book, er, within the book. Fenoglio, perhaps not surprisingly, self-referentially wishes in Inkspell that he had written a sequel to Inkheart.) Inkspell should serve as a special treat for fans of the first book, as characters from Inkheart who have found themselves in the "real world" (if there is such a thing) find themselves read back into their own mythic, word-spun world--along with some of our favorite "real-world" characters. As with the previous book, Funke's greatest accomplishment here is telling such a rich and involving (and fun!) story, while still managing sweet, subtle commentary on the nature of words and meaning. Expect a tantalizing finale, too--as Funke says, "No reader will forgive me the ending, though, without a part three." (Ages 8 and up) --Paul Hughes

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Although a year has passed, not a day goes by without Meggie thinking of INKHEART, the book whose characters became real. But for Dustfinger, the fire-eater brought into being from words, the need to return to the tale has become desperate. When he finds a crooked storyteller with the ability to read him back, Dustfinger leaves behind his young apprentice Farid and plunges into the medieval world of his past. Distraught, Farid goes in search of Meggie, and before long, both are caught inside the book, too. But the story is threatening to evolve in ways neither of them could ever have imagined.

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Inkspell: Better than Inkheart

I loved Inkheart and was immediately captured by the story. But Inkspell is even better--mostly because the majority of the story happens in an imaginary world. I loved the writing, the scenery, the new characters. What's more, there were dozens of unexpected twists and turns that kept me engaged in the story. I'm really looking forward to the third book in the trilogy.

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(Oct 23, 2006)