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Author(s):

Cornelia Funke ; Anthea Bell (Translator)

First Pub:

2005

Genre(s):

Fantasy; Young Adult

First Read:

Unknown

Times Read:

Never (or unknown...)

Rating:

Chapters:

See 77

1 - Words Made to Measure

2 - Fool's Gold

3 - Dustfinger Comes Home

4 - Silvertongue's Daughter

5 - Farid

6 - The Inn of the Strolling Players

7 - Meggie's Decision

8 - The Minstrel Woman

9 - Meggie Reads

10 - The Inkworld

11 - Gone

12 - Uninvited Guests

13 - Fenoglio

14 - The Black Prince

15 - Strange Sounds on a Strange Night

16 - Only a Lie

17 - A Present for Capricorn

18 - Mortola's Revenge

19 - Birthday Morning

20 - Visitors from the Wrong Side of the Forest

21 - The Prince of Sighs

22 - Ten Years

23 - Cold and White

24 - In Elinor's Cellar

25 - The Camp in the Forest

26 - Fenoglio's Plan

27 - Violante

28 - The Wrong Words

29 - New Masters

30 - Cosimo

31 - Elinor

32 - The Wrong Man

33 - Fairydeath

34 - Cloud-Dancer's Message

35 - Ink-Medicine

36 - Screams

37 - Bloodstained Straw

38 - An Audience for Fenoglio

39 - Another Messenger

40 - No Hope

41 - The Captives

42 - A Familiar Face

43 - Paper and Fire

44 - The Burning Tree

45 - Poor Meggie

46 - A Knock on the Door

47 - Roxane

48 - The Castle by the Sea

49 - The Mill

50 - The Best of All Nights

51 - The Right Words

52 - Angry Orpheus

53 - The Barn Owl

54 - In the Dungeon of the Castle of Night

55 - A Letter from Fenoglio

56 - The Wrong Ears

57 - Fire and Water

58 - Invisible as the Wind

59 - The Adderhead

60 - Fire on the Wall

61 - In the Tower of the Castle of Night

62 - Where To?

63 - The Badger's Earth

64 - All Is Lost

65 - Lord of the Story

66 - Blank Paper

67 - Kindness and Mercy

68 - A Visit

69 - The Night Before

70 - The Pen and the Sword

71 - Only a Dream

72 - An Exchange

73 - The Bluejay

74 - Farid's Hope

75 - Alone Again

76 - A New Poet

77 - Where Now?

Internal ID:

3200

Series:

Inkheart Trilogy*

#2 of 2

Inkheart Trilogy*

A series of fantasy books written by Cornelia Funke.

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2) Inkspell

Copyright:

Dedication:

To Brendan Fraser,
whose voice is the heart of this book.
Thanks for inspiration and enchantment.
Mo wouldn't have stepped into my writing room without you,
and this story would never have been told.

To Rainer Strecker,
who is both Silvertongue and Dustfinger.
Every word in this book is just waiting for him to read it.

And of course, as almost always, last but for sure not least,
for Anna, wonderful, wonderful Anna, who had this
story told to her on many walks, encouraged and advised me,
and let me know what was good and what could still be
improved. (I very much hope that the story of Meggie and Farid
has its fair share of the book now?)

First Sentence:

Twilight was gathering, and Orpheus still wasn't here.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

I swear!"

Comments:

Comments may contain spoilers

Original German title is Tintenblut.

Synopsis not on file
Extract not on file

Added: 06-Jul-2022

Last Updated: 06-Jul-2022

Publications

01-Sep-2006

Scholastic, Inc.

Trade Paperback

Date Issued:

Cir 01-Sep-2006

Format:

Trade Paperback

Cover Link(s):

World Cat

amazon.com

Internal ID:

2694

Publisher:

Scholastic, Inc.

ISBN:

0-439-89641-X

ISBN-13:

978-0-439-89641-2

Printing:

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

David Coulsen - Hand Lettering
Cornelia Funke - Illustrator
Leyah Jenson - Book Design
Carol Lawson - Illustrator
Carol Lawson - Map
Carol Lawson - Cover Artist
Elizabeth B Parisi - Book Design

THE BEST BOOKS NEVER END

Although a year has passed, not a day goes by without Meggie thinking of Inkheart, the book whose characters came to life - and changed her life forever.

But for Dustfinger, the fire-eater brought into being from words, the need to return to the original tale has become desperate. When he finds a crooked storyteller with the magical ability to read him back, Dustfinger leaves behind his young apprentice Farid and plunges into the medieval inkscape once more.

Distraught, Farid goes in search of Meggie, and before long both are caught inside the book too. There they meet Inkheart's author, Fenoglio, now living within his own story. But the tale is much changed, and threatening to evolve in ways none of them could ever have imagined. Will Meggie, Farid, and Fenoglio manage to write the wrongs of a charmed world? Or is their story on the brink of a very bad ending?

Cover:

Notes and Comments:

Published in Germany as Tintenblut by Cecilie Dressler Verlag 2005
First published in the United Kingdom i 2005 by The Chicken House
This edition printing, September 2006

Author(s)

Cornelia Funke

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