Inkheart

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.

Related: Europe, Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Italy

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  ["isbn"]=>
  array(1) {
    [0]=>
    string(13) "9780439531641"
  }
  ["Author"]=>
  array(1) {
    [0]=>
    string(15) "Funke, Cornelia"
  }
  ["Translator"]=>
  array(1) {
    [0]=>
    string(12) "Bell, Anthea"
  }
  ["Subject/Theme"]=>
  array(2) {
    [0]=>
    string(11) "Family life"
    [1]=>
    string(20) "Vietnamese Americans"
  }
  ["pubdate"]=>
  array(1) {
    [0]=>
    string(4) "2003"
  }
}