| Twelve-year old Meggie Folchart lives alone with her father, Mo. Mo is a talented book binder who's love for books is only superceded by his love for Meggie and for his lost wife. Meggie had never been told where her mother went or why she left, all she knows is she has been without her mother since she was three-years old. In spite of that vacancy in her life, however, Megie's life with her father and with her learned love and respect for books is near idyllic; until one night when a stranger, with the unlikely name of Dustfinger, comes to pay Mo a visit. A whispered conversation between Mo and Dustfinger, behind the closed door of Mo's workshop, then starts an odyssey that begins with a rushed trip to Meggie's great-aunt Elinor's home and ends by nearly killing them in the village of a villain named Capricorn.
It isn't long before Meggie learn that book binding is not her father's only talent; he also has the ability to “read” people and objects right out of stories and into the real world, with a sometimes devastating side-effect for those who might hear him as he reads. Meggie must also come to grips with two other unsettling revelations: the story of how her mother disappeared and the discovery that she has inherited her father's arcane talent. Capricorn is after Mo because of his unusual ability and is also after a book in Mo's possession, a book called “Inkheart.” Capricorn and his band of remarkable thugs will stop at nothing to capture and control Mo and gain possession of the book. | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of book - suspenseful (sophisticated fear) FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - fantasy story on current Earth Magical Beings/Mental/Magical/Powers Yes magical powers: Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book Family relations Yes Descript. of chases or violence - 30 % planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40 % Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20 % Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 10 % Main Character Identity: - Female Profession/status: Age: - a kid Main Adversary Identity: - Male Age: - long-lived adults Profession/status: Eccentric: Yes How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a moderate amount How sensitive is this character? Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor Intelligence - Average intelligence Setting Terrain Earth setting: - 20th century Takes place on Earth? Yes Writing Style Accounts of torture and death? - explicit references to deaths How much dialogue? - mostly dialog |
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