Inkspell

Inkspell

Cornelia Funke

©2007

656 Pages

Ages 9-12

Summary

Inkspell is the continuation of the story of Inkheart. One year passes between the two books. Dustfinger is in desperation to find someone who will read him back into his own story because Mo refuses to. Dustfinger comes across one man who can and convinces him to read him back into the book. He does but leaves Farid out. Desperate to be reunited with Dustfinder, Farid catches up with Meggie who reads both herself and Farid into Inkheart. there they encounter tight rope walkers, fire eaters, and many other minstrel players. The villains from the first book catch up with Mo and his wife and force him to read them back into the Inkworld. Mo reads them in but also takes himself, his wife, and Inkheart's author. Resa gets her voice back when she is back in the world of Inkheart only to have her husband shot by a real world gun. They take refuge among the minstrels where they discover that Mo is actually the famous thief "bluejay" who steels from gentlemen and gives to those less fortunate. Mo and Meggie wind up in castle of the Adderhead who forces them to make him a book that will cause him to live forever. Mo creates the book but leaves out the clause that if three specific words are written on the pages then the owner of the book will die. the magpie finds out about it and gives the book to Firefox instead of the Adderhead. Firefox is killed when the three words are written in the book. The Magpie then erases the words and writes in the name of the Adderhead which makes him immortal.