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• Locus Award Nominee for Best Young Adult Book (2004)
• Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Nominee for Children's Literature (2004)
• Zilveren Griffel (2006)
• Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire Nominee for Roman jeunesse (2004)
• Nene Award (2009)
• Flicker Tale Children's Book Award (2006)
• Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis Nominee for Preis der Jugendjury (2004)
• Phantastik-Preis der Stadt Wetzlar (2004)
• Literaturpreis der Jury der jungen Leser for Kinderbuch (2004)

Meggie loves stories, but her book-binding father, Mo, hasn't read aloud to her since her mother mysteriously disappeared some years ago. When a stranger who knows her father knocks at their door, Mo is forced to reveal an extraordinary secret – when he reads aloud, words come alive, and dangerous characters step out of the pages.Suddenly, Meggie is living the kind of adventure she has only read about in books, but this one will change her life for ever.

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