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Chicken House LtdPublication date
1st June 2004ISBN
9781908435118Children's Author 'Like-for-Like' recommendations
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Inkheart: Inkheart 1
Cornelia Funke
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Impeccably written, this is a real treasure trove of imagination, nail-biting drama and characters so cleverly drawn that you feel you know every one of them personally. Inkworld is a marvellous place of magical realism, full of adventure, passion and excitement and you’ll feel utterly compelled to read this one and its sequels Inkspell and Inkdeath.
Inkheart the movie, released on 12th December 2008, stars among others Helen Mirren, Eliza Bennett and Jim Broadbent and has been made by the makers of The Lord of the Rings and The Golden Compass.Click here to see the trailer http://www.inkheartmovie.com/
Synopsis
Inkheart: Inkheart 1 by Cornelia FunkeOne cruel night, young Meggie's father, Mo, reads aloud from Inkheart and an evil ruler named Capricorn escapes the boundaries of fiction and lands in their living room. Suddenly, Meggie is smack in the middle of the kind of adventure she has only read about in books.
Somehow, Meggie and Mo must learn to harness the magic that conjured this nightmare. Somehow they must change the course of the story that has changed their lives forever.
This is Inkheart, a timeless tale about books, about imagination, about life.
About The Author
The German author Cornelia Funke was born in 1958 in Dorsten,
Westphalia. As a child she dreamed of becoming an astronaut – until she
discovered the military training involved so she trained to be social
worker. During her time as a social worker, Cornelia discovered the
kinds of stories that grasped their imaginations. These were the
stories she wanted to illustrate – and ultimately to write – the kind
that would appeal to bookish children as well as inspiring those
children who hadn’t yet had many positive reading experiences. At the
age of 35 Cornelia realised her true love of storytelling and became a
full-time writer. She has since written over 40 titles ranging from
picture books and short novels for young readers
Although she
quickly became one of the most popular children’s authors in Germany,
Cornelia Funke was hardly known in Britain or the United States – and
had it not been for a keen young reader, this could still be the case.
Barry Cunningham, the publisher of a small, innovative publishing house
in rural England called The Chicken House, received a letter from a
bilingual (English and German) young reader, who wanted to know why her
favourite author wasn’t published in English. Barry set about the task
of tracking down the latest title from Cornelia Funke, Herr der Diebe
When
the English translation, The Thief Lord, was published in the USA by
Scholastic in 2002, it entered the New York Times bestseller list
straightaway, and proceeded to climb to the number two position.
There
has been enormous interest in Cornelia’s novels, with fierce bidding by
film company executives for the rights. The Thief Lord movie, starring
Vanessa Redgrave and Alexei Sayle, was released in Spring 2006.
Inkheart
the movie is released on 12th December 2008, has a stellar cast that
includes Helen Mirren as Elinor, Jim Broadbent as Fenoglio and Paul
Bettany as Dustfinger.
Cornelia Funke lives in Los Angeles in
the USA with her teenage daughter, Anna, and young son, Ben (Benjy).
They have a crazy dog, Luna, nicknamed Loonie, and their house is
crammed with books and DVDs.
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