![]() Meggie eavesdrops on their conversation, and learns that someone called Capricorn is after a book Mo has. One night a mysterious stranger called Dustfinger appears at Meggie’s home to talk to Mo. Mo is a bookbinder who has passed his great love of books to his daughter, but for some unknown reason never reads aloud. Meggie is a twelve year old girl who lives with her father Mortimer, who she nicknames Mo. ![]() Suddenly, Meggie is living the kind of adventure she has only read about in books, but this one will change her life for ever. When a stranger knocks at their door, Mo is forced to reveal an extraordinary secret - as he reads aloud, words come alive, and dangerous characters step out of the pages. Meggie loves stories, but her book-binding father, Mo, hasn't read aloud to her since her mother mysteriously disappeared. Could anyone ask more of a daughter?Īnd to Elinor, who lent me her name, although I didn't use it for an elf queen. I dedicate Inkheart to Anna, who even put The Lord of the Rings aside for a while to read it. ![]()
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