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Available
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Publication
Scholastic Paperbacks (2005), Edition: First Edition, 576 pages
Description
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.
Awards
Soaring Eagle Book Award (Nominee — 2005)
Audie Award (Finalist — 2004)
Mythopoeic Awards (Finalist — Children's Literature — 2004)
Utah Beehive Book Award (Nominee — Children's Fiction — 2005)
Iowa Teen Award (Nominee — 2007)
Nēnē Award (Nominee — 2007)
Indies Choice Book Award (Honor Book — Children's Literature — 2004)
South Dakota Teen Choice Book Awards (Nominee — 2005)
Golden Archer Award (Nominee — 2005)
Flicker Tale Award (Nominee — Juvenile Books — 2006)
Colorado Children's Book Award (Nominee — 2007)
The White Ravens (2004)
Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire (Winner — 2006)
South Carolina Book Awards (Nominee — Junior Book Award — 2006)
Gouden Griffel (Zilveren — 2006)
CCBC Choices (2004)
Read Aloud Indiana Book Award (2013-2015)
Notable Children's Book (2004)
OYAN Book Rave (2005)
100 German must-reads by Deutsche Welle (2003 — 2003)
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Original publication date
2003 (German original)
2003 (English translation)