Pub Date: May 1, 2005
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2003045844
Lexile Code: 0780
Features: Illustrated, Price on Product
Target Age Group: 09 to 12
Physical Info: 1.50" H x 7.60" L x 5.30" W ( 0.80 lbs) 576 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy | General | Action and Adventure | Fairy Tales and Folklore | Bedtime and Dreams | Family | General see also headings under Social Themes
Series: Inkheart
Description: One cruel night, Meggie's father reads aloud from a book called "Inkheart," and an evil ruler escapes the boundaries of fiction and lands in their living room. Suddenly, Meggie is smack in the middle of the kind of adventure she has only read about in books.
Review Quotes:
New York Times bestseller
ALA Notable Children's Book Award Winner
Winner of the Book Sense Book of the Year Children's Literature Award
Adapted into a major motion picture starring Brendan Fraser and Helen Mirren
"A true feast for anyone who has ever been lost in a book." - Kirkus
"I don't think I've ever read anything that conveys so well the joys, terrors and pitfalls of reading." - The Guardian
"Seems to have been sprinkled with some magical fairy dust of its own." - The New York Times Book Review