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by: Cornelia Funke List Price: $24.99 Amazon.com's Price: $16.49 You Save: $8.50 (34%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
EAN: 9780439554008 ISBN: 0439554004 Label: The Chicken House Manufacturer: The Chicken House Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 635 Publication Date: October 01, 2005 Publisher: The Chicken House Reading Level: Ages 9-12 Sales Rank: 4233 Studio: The Chicken House Related Items: Editorial Review: Product Description: 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. 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 Average Rating:
 Rating:  - inkspellThe book came on time, and only had a small cut in the bottom cover. It was great. Rating:  - Great sequel - 4.5 starsOne 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 ... Read More Rating: - INKSPELLA 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, ... Read More Rating: - Review just like the others!This book is around 600 pages, and I have to say it's not AS good as the first. It took a while to go through it, and it has taken my brother a while as well. It's just not as interesting as the first one, but there are still good parts in it. Dustfinger manages to get someone to read him back into the InkWorld, leaving behind Farid (it was the reader's doing-Dustfinger was someone upset that Farid was left behind). Farid goes to Meggie, who lives with her great aunt with her mom, dad, and the old reader ... Read More Rating: - Crazy fan!!!!!!!!!!!!!Oh my gosh!!!!!!!! i love inkheart and inkspell!!!!!!!!!! i really want 2 read the 3rd one but the barnes and noble where i live is fresh sold out. i love how the 1st one begins . it just really inroduces the personality of mo and meggie.!!!!!!... i just remember getting so worked up when dustfinger was standing in there backyard in the rain . later n the story when they r prisoners n capricorns fortress i remeber feeling so distressed that he would do something really bad to them... given what his background ... Read More |
