Inkheart /
Cornelia Funke ; translated from the German by Anthea Bell.
- New York : Chicken House/Scholastic, 2007, c2003.
- 563 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Translation of: Tintenherz. Originally published: Hamburg, Germany : C. Dressler Verlag, 2003. "This edition first printing, April 2007." -- T.p. verso. Includes preview of Inkspell (p. [537]-548. Includes preview of Inkdeath (p. [549]-563.
Twelve-year-old Meggie learns that her father Mo, a bookbinder, can "read" fictional characters to life when an evil ruler named Capricorn, freed from the novel "Inkheart" years earlier, tries to force Mo to release an immortal monster from the story.