In this fantasy world, certain readers have the power to bring characters out of books -and send them back. Gr 5 Up -This sequel begins a year after the conclusion of Funke's popular 'Inkheart' (Scholastic, 2003). In short, a booklover's book.Ĭopyright 2005 Kirkus Reviews, LLC Used with permission Readers will enjoy the many quotes at chapter headings from writers as diverse as Margaret Atwood, David Almond, Kate DiCamillo, Harper Lee, Pablo Neruda, Phillip Pullman, J.K. An indispensable key to the many characters precedes the story. As before, the book's flow shifts from one group of characters to another as the plot moves swiftly. Though some readers will simply enjoy the adventure story, other will be intrigued by Fenoglio's reflections on the impossibility of controlling what he has created. With the help Fenoglio, the book's author, who now lives in the secondary world, she connives to turn events toward a good outcome. 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. 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. 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. Readers who enjoyed Funke's Inkheart (2003) are in for a treat with this sequel, a stronger book than its predecessor. By Grade + Interest - K to 1st By Grade + Interest - 2nd to 3rd By Grade + Interest - 4th to 5th

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