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Reader reviewed by Amanda D.

"Inkheart" is a wonderful story. I found myself falling in love with the characters. They each have their own personalities and are consistent with them. It kept me guessing and I didn't want to quit reading until I was finished. I have read it twice and still love it. Now I have the sequel, "Inkspell", and am about to start reading it.

Meggie lives with her father, Mo, who repairs and restores old books. They both love to read. What Meggie doesn't know is that Mo has a special ability to read characters out of books when he reads aloud, but with a catch-for every thing coming out of a book, something in this world goes in. This is why he never reads outloud to her. He always told her that her mother went away, but she was actually read into a book he was reading to them when Meggie was a baby. He read a "fire-eater" named Dustfinger; the bad guy of the story, Capricorn; and a few of his men also out of the book. Now both Dustfinger and Capricorn are after him and the book, but for different reasons. Dustfinger wants to go back to his world. Capricorn wants him to read a friend out. Capricon finds Mo and tries to threaten him to read out of the book while Dustinger acts as a double-agent between them.

P.S.-If you didn't already know, this book is going to be a movie, so you had better read the book first!