Inkspell

Inkspell (original title: Tintenblut) is a young adult novel by Cornelia Funke. It was named the 2006 Book Sense Book of the Year in the Children's Literature category.
Inkspell is the second novel in Cornelia Funke's Inkworld trilogy. The first novel, Inkheart, (2003) was critically acclaimed and was made into a major motion picture released in January 2009. The third novel, which was recently renamed Inkdeath was released September 28, 2007 in Germany.Inkspell by Cornelia Funke: A year has passed, and as was mentioned at the end of Inkheart, Meggie now lives in Elinor's house along with Darius, her father Mortimer (Mo), and her mother Resa, who is still mute. Life is peaceful, but not a day goes by without Meggie thinking of Inkheart and the characters that came to life. For the fire-eater Dustfinger, the need to return to his homeworld has become urgent. When he finds a crooked storyteller named Orpheus who has the same ability to bring stories to life as Mo, he asks him to read him back. Orpheus obliges, but doesn't send his apprentice Farid back into the book as they arranged; he leaves the three words "and the boy" out, then steals the book from the boy and hands it over to Basta, who still desires revenge for the death of his master, Capricorn. Farid, desperate to rejoin Dustfinger, convinces Meggie to read him into the book so he can warn Dustfinger of Basta, and then become his apprentice once more. But this time, Meggie wants to know how to read herself as well as Farid into Inkheart, or as she thinks of it, "the Inkworld"; reading oneself into a story was previously thought impossible. Meggie, to her utter astonishments succeeds fruitfully to enter the Inkworld unharmed in any way. Meggie's family is heartbroken when they read the note telling them she wants to see the Inkworld, and that she will return.
Soon after the two youths are in the book, Mortola, Basta, Orpheus, and a "man built like a wardrobe" barge into Elinor's house, and take Mo, Resa, Elinor, and Darius prisoner. As per Mortola's orders, Orpheus reads Basta, Mortola, and Mo into Inkheart, but Resa comes with them by accident. Mortola has brought along a rifle from our world, and fatally shoots Mortimer. Resa discovers that her voice has come back to her only as she cries for her husband, praying for him to survive the wound. Resa and Mo are hiding in a secret cave with the strolling players (known also as Motley Folk) while he recovers, but they soon discover (or erroneously assume) that the injured Mo is the mysterious gentleman-robber, the "Bluejay", a fictitious hero created by Fenoglio's words made into song for the Motley Folk to sing. Fenoglio has been living within his own story since the events of Inkheart, working as a court scribe in Lombrica's capital city of Ombra, and once reunited with Meggie he asks her to read Cosimo the Fair back into the story, since he died a death the author never planned for him. This upsets the Adderhead, ruler of the neighboring region of Argenta, whom takes over Lombrica once The Laughing Prince's son, Cosimo, passes away, leaving only Cosimo's widow Violante to rule. With the rightful heir to the throne of Ombra mysteriously brought back to life, a war is imminent. (Summary by Wikipedia)

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