Hardcover, 544 pages
English language
Published Nov. 14, 2003 by The Chicken House.
Hardcover, 544 pages
English language
Published Nov. 14, 2003 by The Chicken House.
Cornelia Funke, the enormously talented author, brings readers another spellbinding tale of adventure and magic. Meggie lives a quiet life alone with her father, a book-binder. But her father has a deep secret-- he posseses an extraordinary magical power. One day a mysterious stranger arrives who seems linked to her father's past. Who is this sinister character and what does he want? Suddenly Meggie is involved in a breathless game of escape and intrigue as her father's life is put in danger. Will she be able to save him in time?