MEGGIE LOVES STORIES, BUT HER FATHER, MO, HASN`T READ ALOUD TO HER SINCE HER MOTHER MYSTERIOUSLY DISAPPEARED. WHEN A STRANGER KNOCKS AT THEIR DOOR, MO IS FORCED TO REVEAL AN EXTRAORDINARY SECRET - WHEN HE READS ALOUD, WORDS COME ALIVE, AND DANGEROUS CHARACTERS STEP OUT OF THE PAGES. SUDDENLY, MEGGIE IS LIVING THE KIND OF ADVENTURE SHE HAS ONLY READ ABOUT IN BOOKS, BUT THIS ONE WILL CHANGE HER LIFE FOR EVER. FROM CORNELIA FUNKE - THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING CHILDREN`S AUTHOR OF THE THIEF LORD AND DRAGON RIDER - COMES INKHEART, A STORY WITHIN A STORY, WHERE THE IMAGINARY BECOMES REAL. READING HAS NEVER BEEN SO EXCITING OR SO DANGEROUS.