Anthea Bell
1) Inkheart
Author
Series
Inkheart trilogy volume 1
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
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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.
Author
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
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Description
The daughter of two magicians, twelve-year-old Igraine wants nothing more than to be a knight, and when their castle is attacked by a treacherous neighbor bent on stealing their singing magic books, Igraine has an opportunity to demonstrate her bravery.
Author
Series
Ruby red trilogy volume 2
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Gwen, the newest and final member of the secret time-traveling Circle of Twelve, searches through history for the other time-travelers, aided by friend Lesley, James the ghost, Xemerius the gargoyle demon, and Gideon, the Diamond, whose fate seems bound with hers.
Author
Series
Dragon rider (Cornelia Funke) volume 2
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Ben and his adopted parents are devoting their lives to protecting rare and fabulous creatures (like dragons) and at the moment they are trying to save the last of the winged horses, Pegasus unicus; there are three eggs, but without their mother they will not survive and the only hope is to obtain a Griffin feather--but Griffins are enemies of the dragons, and may not be willing to help.
6) Inkdeath
Author
Series
Inkheart trilogy volume 3
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
As Bluejay--Mo's fictitious double--tries to keep the Book of Immortality from unraveling, Adderhead kidnaps all the children in the kingdom, asking for Bluejay's surrender or the children will be doomed to slavery in the silver mines.
8) Ruby Red
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
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"Sixteen-year-old Gwyneth discovers that she, rather than her well-prepared cousin, carries a time-travel gene, and soon she is journeying with Gideon, who shares the gift, through historical London trying to discover whom they can trust."--
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: Dragons, myth, and magic unite in the third installment of Cornelia Funke's bestselling Dragon Rider series. Ben and the Greenblooms must protect a mythical new creature rising from the ocean -- a creature who can bring either light or darkness to whoever it first meets.
11) Inkspell
Author
Series
Inkheart trilogy volume 2
Language
English
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Description
Now thirteen, Meggie "reads" herself into Inkworld, where she, her family, and the characters in the book face chaos and danger as the original creator of the world frantically tries to redirect the story.
Author
Series
Nicholas series volume 4
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Nicholas is invited to a birthday party by the girl next door, plays a very messy game of chess, and learns that walking on your hands is much harder than turning somersaults.
Author
Series
Nicholas series volume 3
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
A collection of stories focuses on the whimsical adventures and misadventures of little Nicolas on vacation.
14) Nicholas again
Author
Series
Nicholas series volume 2
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
A little French boy named Nicolas recounts more escapades that he and his classmates indulge in as they make their way through school.
17) Dragon rider
Author
Series
Dragon rider (Cornelia Funke) volume 1
Language
English
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Description
After learning that humans are headed toward his hidden home, Firedrake, a silver dragon, is joined by a brownie and an orphan boy in a quest to find the legendary valley known as the Rim of Heaven, encountering friendly and unfriendly creatures along the way, and struggling to evade the relentless pursuit of an old enemy.