Inkspell (Inkheart)
Although a year has passed, not a day goes by without Meggie thinking of INKHEART, the book whose characters became real. But for Dustfinger, the fire-eater brought into being from words, the need to return to the tale has become desperate. When he finds a crooked storyteller with the ability to read him back, Dustfinger leaves behind his young apprentice Farid and plunges into the medieval world of his past. Distraught, Farid goes in search of Meggie, and before long, both are caught inside the book, too. But the story is threatening to evolve in ways neither of them could ever have imagined.Product Details
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Amazon.com Review
Just a few chapters into Inkspell, Mo (a.k.a. "Silvertongue") sagely says to his daughter, "Stories never really end, Meggie, even if the books like to pretend they do. Stories always go on. They don't end on the last page, any more than they begin on the first page." A fitting meta-observation for this, the unplanned second installment in Cornelia Funke's beloved now-trilogy.
Of course, it's that sort of earnest, almost gushing veneration of books and book-loving that made the absorbing suspense-fantasy Inkheart so wonderful in the first place, with that lit-affection getting woven integrally into the plot (Inkheart being both Funke's first book in the series, and the fictitious book within that book, authored by the frustrated Fenoglio, now trapped within the book, er, within the book. Fenoglio, perhaps not surprisingly, self-referentially wishes in Inkspell that he had written a sequel to Inkheart.) Inkspell should serve as a special treat for fans of the first book, as characters from Inkheart who have found themselves in the "real world" (if there is such a thing) find themselves read back into their own mythic, word-spun world--along with some of our favorite "real-world" characters. As with the previous book, Funke's greatest accomplishment here is telling such a rich and involving (and fun!) story, while still managing sweet, subtle commentary on the nature of words and meaning. Expect a tantalizing finale, too--as Funke says, "No reader will forgive me the ending, though, without a part three." (Ages 8 and up) --Paul Hughes
From School Library Journal
Grade 5-8–Fourteen-year-old Meggie is back at home after the intrigue and adventure she encountered in Inkheart (Chicken House, 2003), the first volume in this projected trilogy. In this second episode, the calm of her life is shattered when Farid, protégé of the fire-eater, Dustfinger, begs her to use her magical ability and read him into Dustfingers story. Meggie longs to see the enchanted world she has only encountered through the pages of a book and travels with Farid into the story. Events quickly spin out of control. Evil characters from Inkheart re-emerge to extract revenge. Battle lines are drawn between two kingdoms. Several individuals are intent on re-writing the story to ensure their own happy ending. A multitude of intriguing characters are kept straight by the tour-de-force performance of actor Brendan Frazier who distinguishes each one with a different accent–from Dustfingers Scottish burr to Fenoglios Brooklyn inflection to Orpheuss southern drawl. His performance is so convincing that listeners must remind themselves that this is not a full-cast production. Action, romance, and danger are delivered with just the right inflection and pace in this stunning performance. Expect the popularity of the series to climb as Inkheart has been optioned for movie rights.–Tricia Melgaard, Centennial Middle School, Broken Arrow, OK
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From Booklist
*Starred Review* Gr. 6-9. Readers who enjoyed Funke's Inkheart (2003) are in for a treat with this sequel, a stronger book than its predecessor. In the first volume of the trilogy, a few characters have the ability to "read" a character out of a book and into today's world. In this book the process is reversed, and most of the earlier characters are transported to the magical yet perilous and sometimes brutally violent land of the fictional book, also called Inkheart. Young Meggie has longed to visit that world, but once she travels there she realizes the consequences of her choice and the seeming impossibility of putting things right in either place. With the help of Fenoglio, the book's author, who now lives in the secondary world, she connives to turn events toward a good outcome. Though some readers will simply enjoy the adventure story, others will be intrigued by Fenoglio's reflections on the impossibility of controlling what he has created. As before, the book's focus shifts from one group of characters to another as the plot moves swiftly. An indispensable key to the numerous characters precedes the story. Readers will enjoy the many quotes at chapter headings from writers as diverse as Margaret Atwood, David Almond, Kate DiCamillo, Harper Lee, Pablo Neruda, Philip Pullman, J. K Rowling, and T. H. White. In short, a booklover's book. Carolyn Phelan
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Customer Reviews
inkspell
The book came on time, and only had a small cut in the bottom cover. It was great.
Great sequel - 4.5 stars
One year after the events of "Inkheart" Meggie and family are happily settled in Elinor's house full of books. Mo and Resa are happily catching up on ten years of marriage lost, and Meggie is getting used to having a mother. However, her heart's desire is to see the Inkworld, and soon business left unfinished will sweep her and those she loves there in less than ideal circumstances.
Cornelia Funke has done it again with this thrilling tale about the power of words and the magic of story telling. Although not quite as good (just barely) as Inkheart this story will grip you from page one and not let go until the last word. I can't wait to see how the story ends in "Inkdeath."
For parents, this is intense for young readers and a few adult words are thrown in that your younger readers may not be ready for. This is PG-13 stuff, but for your discerning teen or adolescent this would be really good to read at the same time. There is a lot of fodder for discussion here that might be helpful as a parent.
INKSPELL
A hypnotizing voice, luring people in and out of books, altering the flow of the story....
This book, Inkspell, is the second book in a series of three, following Inkheart and is previous to Inkdeath. It is a great book (and series) that you need to read. Inkspell will truly leave you spellbound, making you crave more. It takes place in Europe and another world entirely, a world made from an author's pen and ink, a world where some of our cast members have resided previously, where most of our tale will take place....
This is the inkworld, and this is where you will visit, if you open the book and watch the story unravel....
Inkspell is the sequel to Inkheart, in which a man, Mortimer, reads two vile and evil characters along with a mysterious man out of a book, known to us as Inkheart, then, to replace these three people, the man's wife, Resa, is engulfed into the story, lost in a paper world. And after many we follow the tale of his daughter, Meggie, where yet again the mysterious man reappears to warn the man of the vile Capricorn...
And so as the story of Inkheart unravels we head to a happy ending where many questions lay unanswered, which then takes us up to speed with Inkspell where Meggie has read herself, along with her friend from the previous book, Farid, into the inkworld to save Dustfinger, our "mysterious man" mentioned before, from a terrible fate that awaits him in the book. Which, in turn, leads us to many more of our cast members entering the book, where the good will clash with the bad, and where things may never be the same again...
Inkspell is a book mainly for people close to the ages of twelve to about fourteen of course no matter what your age; you're bound to enjoy this book. This book is for people around that age because our protagonist is twelve years old. The genre, however, is fantasy. It's rather obvious why the book is labeled fantasy, considering people in reality don't go around disappearing into a book, physically that is. But I cannot really say that this book is similar to any other fantasy book, even though there is hardly any originality left in this world of ours, I believe that it is a great book.
In the book, I believe the greatest strength is the timing in which the events occur because every moment seems to flawlessly coordinate with the next big event and Cornelia Funke always gives the information you want to know away at the perfect time, even though you may be racking your brain because of a cliff hanger, that still is one of the greatest feats of the book. Also in the book, the characters are described so clearly it is if they could appear at any moment, with such vividly described characters you can really relate to them, too.
In Inkspell, you could relate it to many book series, but the ones I believe are the closest to the Inkheart trilogy are the manga series R.O.D and the Harry Potter series. For the Harry Potter series, the two are related due to a use of mythological creatures. And for the manga R.O.D, they relate because they both involve books deeply and seem to be similar in that way.
In conclusion, Inkspell is a book you shouldn't skip over, it, along with the other two books in the series, are intriguing and will be great for anyone at any age. In my opinion, it is an amazing book every one needs to read.
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