Inkheart (Inkworld, #1) by Cornelia Funke

Twelve-year-old Meggie learns that her father, who repairs and binds books for a living, can read fictional characters to life when one of those characters abducts them and tries to force him into service. Characters from books literally leap off the page in this engrossing fantasy. Meggie has had her father to herself since her mother went away when she was young. Mo tau Twelve-year-old Meggie learns that her father, who repairs and binds books for a living, can read fictional characters to life when one of those characters abducts them and tries to force him into service. Characters from books literally leap off the page in this engrossing fantasy. Meggie has had her father to herself since her mother went away when she was young. Mo taught her to read when she was five, and the two share a mutual love of books. He can read characters out of books. When she was three, he read aloud from a book called Inkheart and released characters into the real world. At the same time, Meggies mother disappeared into the story. This story within a story will delight not just fantasy fans, but all readers who like an exciting plot with larger-than-life characters.