![]() Meggie eavesdrops on their conversation, and learns that someone called Capricorn is after a book Mo has. One night a mysterious stranger called Dustfinger appears at Meggie’s home to talk to Mo. Mo is a bookbinder who has passed his great love of books to his daughter, but for some unknown reason never reads aloud. Meggie is a twelve year old girl who lives with her father Mortimer, who she nicknames Mo. Suddenly, Meggie is living the kind of adventure she has only read about in books, but this one will change her life for ever. When a stranger knocks at their door, Mo is forced to reveal an extraordinary secret - as he reads aloud, words come alive, and dangerous characters step out of the pages. ![]() ![]() Meggie loves stories, but her book-binding father, Mo, hasn't read aloud to her since her mother mysteriously disappeared. Could anyone ask more of a daughter?Īnd to Elinor, who lent me her name, although I didn't use it for an elf queen. I dedicate Inkheart to Anna, who even put The Lord of the Rings aside for a while to read it. ![]()
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