Funke, Cornelia Caroline.

Inkheart / Cornelia Funke ; translated from the German by Anthea Bell. - New York : Scholastic, c2003. - 534 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

"The Chicken House."

Twelve-year-old Meggie learns that her father, who repairs and binds books for a living, can "read" fictional characters to life when one of those characters abducts them and tries to force him into service.

ISBN: 0-439-531640 ; 0-439-53165-9 (pbk.) : $7.00

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Books and reading--Fiction.
Characters in literature--Fiction.
Magic--Fiction.
Bookbinding--Fiction.
Authorship--Fiction.
Children's literature--2004.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Italy--Fiction.