Inkheart by Cornelia Funke

Summary: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.
Characters from books literally leap off the page in this engrossing fantasy. Meggie has had her father to herself since her mother went away when she was young. Mo taught her to read when she was five, and the two share a mutual love of books. He can "read" characters out of books. When she was three, he read aloud from a book called Inkheart and released characters into the real world. At the same time, Meggie's mother disappeared into the story. This "story within a story" will delight not just fantasy fans, but all readers who like an exciting plot with larger-than-life characters.



My favorite quote: "Fear kills everything," Mo had once told her. "Your mind, your heart, your imagination.”


My review: This book is outstanding! Inkheart is the best young adult targeted fantasy novel that I have read since the Harry Potter series. Cornelia Funke has crafted a wonderful, if a bit dark, storyline filled with colorful and memorable characters, both hero and villain. I liked the blend of modern day with fantasy in this story and having the magical element of being able to read characters out of their individual stories was brilliant.
Imagine it were possible to bring the characters from a book to life. Not like when someone reads a book with such enchantment that the characters seem to jump of the pages and into your bedroom...but for real. Imagine they could actually climb out of the pages and into our world.  Then. imagine if those characters brought their world into ours. This book is like every single YA fan's dream come true. I was so impressed with this book. This book is amazing. Watching the movie before reading the book was a gigantic mistake. The movie did not do this book justice at all. I have to applause the translator here, because this book  did not read like translated work(which tends to be a little . I never would have guessed that they weren't originally written in English.
Overall, this book is absolutely amazing. I would recommend this book to anybody and everybody.
I give this book a 5 out of 5.