Salut!!This time I’m going to write about the first book called “Inkheart” from a trilogy of books called “INKWORLD”. These were written by Cornelia Funke. The original title of the book is Tintenherz. It’s in German but has been translated into many languages.
In this one they start to tell us the whole plot of the books. Well here comes the story. Once there was a book binder called Mo, who had a magical power which was that he could bring to life anything that was in a book just with his voice. 10 years ago, he was reading a story called “Inkheart” to his wife and 3 year daughter (Meggie). In that moment something strange happened. Hs wife disappeared and 3 men and a marten stood in front of him. Later after reading the book once more, he discovers that they were called Basta, Capricorn and Dustfinger with his marten called Gwin. Mo was very sad has he had read into the book his own wife, so he decided not to read aloud again in his life. One night, Meggie saw someone outside her house in the rain, so she called Mo. Mo went downstairs to see who was there and found Dustfinger. Mo told Meggie to go upstairs but she hide there to overhear the talk. She just heard strange names and understood nothing. The next day, Mo told Meggie to get ready to go with an aunt of her mom called Elinor. Meggie didn’t understand the need but accepted. In the way they saw Dustfinger and as Meggie didn’t like him she came out of the car and asked Mo to tell her what was going on so she could get into the car. He didn’t want to tell her but Dustfinger told her just something’s and she accepted. When they reached Elinor’s house they were amazed as she had more than 1000 books. Meggie saw Mo giving a book to Elinor ad telling her that she should take care of it. Then, Elinor saw Meggie. Mo was shocked, as Meggie read a page were there was a picture of a thing alike to Gwin. One day, after Meggie started to get along with Dustfinger, Basta and other blackjackets (the ones that worked for Capricorn) came and took Mo with the book with them. That night Dustfinger disappeared and so Meggie and Elinor found out that he was a traitor. Elinor then told Meggie that the book they took was the wrong one. Elinor, Meggie, and Dustfinger leave Elinor's house to follow Mo to the village were Capricorn was staying. There Meggie finds out the whole truth. Capricorn shuts Mo, Elinor and Meggie. Dustfinger escapes before they could shut him up. Capricorn wants Mo to read him out gold from books as Treasure Island and when Mo reads One Thousand and One Arabian Nights instead of gold a boy comes out and a Capricorn’s man vanishes. Capricorn shuts all of the again. In the night, Dustfinger comes and gets Mo, Meggie, Elinor and the boy called Farid from their cells. They all go to a village nearby to find a copy of Inkheart. Elinor finds out the address of the author of Inkheart. Mo was sure that Capricorn would have never thought about the author of his book. In the meantime, Farid got attached with Gwin and Dustfinger. He never left Dustfinger’s side. Mo, Meggie, Farid and Dustfinger went to see Fegnolio (the author). Dustfinger doesn’t want to come in so he and Farid stay in the car. Fegnolio finds out that Dustfinger was standing there by the way Mo and Meggie asked questions. Fegnolio goes out and see him and when Dustfinger sees that Mo and Meggie told Fegnolio about him he starts to run away with Farid behind him. Mo leaves Meggie with Fegnolio and goes out. In that time, Basta came and takes them back to Capricorn’s village. Mo, Elinor, Dustfinger and Farid make a plan to help Meggie and Fegnolio. Dustfinger also presents Farid to Resa. She was a Capricorn’s maid who had lost her voice when Darius read her out. Farid saw that she looked like Meggie. While Meggie and Fegnolio were there, Basta finds out that Meggie also has the same power as her father. Mortola (Capricorns mother) wanted to prove that for herself, so she gave a book to Meggie so she could read it aloud and see want happens. Meggie read out a little tin man. Capricorn ordered Meggie to read out the Shadow for him. Meggie and Fegnolio still had time to change the story as Meggie was to read it the next week. In that week Fegnolio changes what Meggie is supposed to read out. He makes her to read that the Shadow will kill all of Capricorn’s men and himself then destroy itself. That day Mortola finds Elinor and shuts her with Resa and Basta. Meggie starts to read the paper and the last part she couldn’t make it out. Mo and Dustfinger had planned another thing but when they saw Meggie they didn’t follow their plan. When Mo saw that Meggie couldn’t read the last part he took the paper and read it. Everyone except Mortola and Basta were dead. These 2 had escaped. Meggie also saw that she had read Fegnolio into his own book. After this, Meggie, Mo and Resa went to live with Elinor. Also Darius was put as Elinor’s assistant. None of them knew what happened to Dustfinger and Farid. They just knew that he had the last copy of Inkheart.
Just 4 days ago the movie of this book was released. Brendan Fraser acts like Mo. I think the movie will be very interesting but I suggest to read the book then see the movie.
