This is the third book in the jacob reckless, mirror world series. Hes tried everything to shake the fairy curse that traded his life for his brotherslegends like the allhealing apple, the well of eternal youth. Its a wonderful thing that she has, because her stories are fun reads. Many of cornelia s titles are published all over the world and translated into more than 30 languages. This book was a fantasy story centered on a 12year old book lover whose father had an extraordinary gift of bringing the world of books to her life. Part of the problem, i think, is that mirrorworld just isnt as innovative a concept as the inkheart universe. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your. Amongst her best known books is the inkheart trilogy. But disappointment in the way some of the stories were told.
Author of more than 50 books, including a series for children with dyslexia, cornelia has recently. You do not necessarily have to know her books reckless and fearless to use the app, though it might make it easier to get carried away by images, sounds, texts to secrets that even cornelia didnt know before. The series, based on 19th century europe, features many elements of fairy tales, notably the tales of the german brothers grimm. As a child, she wanted to become an astronaut andor a pilot, but then decided to study pedagogy at the university of hamburg. The official website of bestselling author cornelia funke, where you will find all the latest news and much more about cornelia and her books, including the mirrorworld series, the inkheart trilogy, dragon rider, the thief lord, and, and, and.
Violet is a young princess who wishes she could show the world that she. I think im done reading cornelia funke because my results with her tend to be dissatisfactory. Cornelia funke is an internationally bestselling, multipleawardwinning author, best known for writing the inkworld trilogy, dragon rider, and the thief lord. One cruel night, meggies father reads aloud from a book called inkheart and an evil ruler escapes the boundaries of fiction and lands in their living room. Cornelia funke appeared on show 301, recorded in san francisco, ca, on february 14, 2015. Cornelia funke is one of the best selling childrens writers in the world. A wonderful book, full to the brim with very cool beetles. Cornelia funke was born in 1958 in the town of dorsten in westphalia, germany to karlheinz and helmi funke. With fun fullcolor illustrations by the author herself, this adventure is sure to capture all twolegged chapterbook readers. In 2010, cornelia released the first book in her mirror worlds series, reckless, with the sequel, fearless, published in the us in april 20. She was born on 10 december 1958 in dorsten, north rhinewestphalia. Cornelia funke followed the success of her two books the dragon rider and the thief lord with yet another success. Its not that i havent liked anything by her, but the ratio of successes to failures has been very poor for me and i am not a good member of the sunk cost fallacy club this novel, aimed at middlegrade, is about this elevenyearold kid in england who. Funke also worked as a producer on the film adaptation of inkheart.
It was a successful creative partnering, and funke. Tintenwelttrilogie, published in the united kingdom between 20042008. Good, but not comparable to the first installment, reckless. Fearless starts slowly but after about a third of the book or so rapidly morphs into an exciting tale with characters about whom i really cared. Another problem wit fearless is that it tends toward too many cliffhangers as we pass from one mini. In the year 2003, cornelia funke wrote another award winning novel, the inkheart. Official actually, i wanted to take my german readers back to inkworld at the end of next year. Although a year has passed, not a day goes by without meggie thinking of inkheart, the book whose characters became real. It is a tale about the enchantment that can be found on printed pages. The reckless series is a planned pentalogy of fantasy novels written by german author cornelia funke in collaboration with lionel wigram. As of 2016, the first three books in the series have been published, titled reckless, fearless and the golden yarn. Cornelia funke inkheart trilogy and reckless 5 books collection set rrp. The petrified flesh reckless, band 1 cornelia funke, lionel wigram, oliver.
Cornelia funkes magical narratives have delighted children of all ages for more. Fearless is a 20 young adult novel written by german author cornelia funke. A list of all cornelia funkes series in reading order. Cornelia funke reckless 2 books collection pack set rrp. Teenage offspring of the herondales, carstairs, fairchilds, and other angeldescended nephilim continue their families demonfighting ways amid a round of elegant london balls, soirees, salons, picnics, and romantic. Cornelia funke is a multiple awardwinning german illustrator and storyteller, who writes fantasy for all ages of readers. Cornelia funke was an illustrator before she became the wellknown author of the inkheart books. It follows meggie and her father mortimer or mo after an evil ruler, capricorn, travels from the book they are reading, inkheart, into their. Cornelia funke belongs to one of those rare breeds of creative people.
Contents map chapter one chapter two chapter three chapter four chapter five. Jacob reckless returns once again to the mirrorworldfilled with profound characters, extraordinary creatures, and epic lifeordeath treasure hunts that could only come from the mind of the master storyteller of our generation, cornelia funke. In november cornelia funke herself joined the message board to answer some students questions. Fearless reckless series book 2 cornelia funke author 20 fearless reckless series. Adventure, love, greed, honor, suspense, and wonder are just some of the ways to describe this book.
Cornelia funke on creativity vs ticking boxes posted on may 10, 2016 by kareninglis with just four days to go before the second barnes childrens literature festival i have had the pleasure of interviewing awardwinning childrens and ya writer and illustrator cornelia funke. Reckless is basically a treasure hunter from our world who passes through a mirror into an alternate world where the humans coexist with otherworldlymagical creatures such goyl a race of people with stone skin, fairies, thumblings teeny people, shape shifters and all sorts. After finishing her studies, funke worked for three years as a social worker. The first book in the series, inkheart, was first published in 2003. Following a postgraduate course in book illustration at the hamburg state college of design, cornelia funke worked as a designer and illustrator of childrens books. She started as an illustrator of storybooks and branched out into writing. As a child, she wanted to become an astronaut andor a pilot, but then she decided to study pedagogy at the university of hamburg. Author cornelia funke launches own publishing company. Funke had worked with mirada studios before, when they produced her mirrorworld app in 20, released at the same time as her novel fearless.
Discover book depositorys huge selection of cornelia funke books online. Revised and updated by cornelia funke, the petrified flesh is the first book in the thrilling reckless series. Her first book to be translated into english was the standalone novel the thief lord, published in 2000. Her most famous books include thief lord, inkheart and dragon rider, all of these are new york times bestselling books. Cornelia funke had already become a favourite with her inkworld series, and i was excited to read her first novel since. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. Cornelias mirrorworld app cornelia funke the official website. Welcome behind the mirror and to the writing house of cornelia funke. Read cornelia funke book online,cornelia funke free. Born in 1958 in the german town of dorsten, she worked as a social worker for a few years before turning first to illustration and then to writing. Deeming her a unique talent, time magazine included cornelia on its time 100, an annual list of the most influential people in the world. Cornelia funke is the highly acclaimed, awardwinning and bestselling author of the inkheart trilogy, dragon rider, the thief lord and numerous other childrens novels and picture books.
The bulk of the book is a i liked reckless, the first novel in this trilogy, and i gave it three stars out of a possible five. Buy the golden yarn reckless by cornelia funke isbn. Both author and narrator draw you into the mirror world stories so completely you feel as if you are there with the characters. Fearless mirrorworld reckless, book 2 by cornelia funke. Many of her books have now been translated into english. For a big book like inkheart, it takes between a year and a half and three years. Cornelia funke books, author biography, and reading level. The book no one ever read is written and illustrated by cornelia funke, author of inkheart, dragon rider, and many others, and tells the story of a young book who yearns for a reader. As of 2016, the first three books in the series have been published, titled reckless, fearless and. Once the book is planned, how long does it take for you to write it. She started as a book illustrator but then decided to write her own stories. But these are difficult times and stories are especially needed in such times. Cornelia funke is an internationally bestselling, multipleawardwinning author, best known for writing the inkheart trilogy, dragon rider, and the thief lord.
Inkheart from internationally acclaimed storyteller cornelia funke, this bestselling, magical epic is now out in paperback. Nobodys girl reckless series book 2 keisha ervin author susan spain narrator 2014 fearless reckless series book 2 cornelia funke author 20 seduction and surrender. It was first published in german by dressler on september 6, 2012 under the name reckless. Program bio for show 301 cornelia funke narratorauthor following a postgraduate course in book illustration at the hamburg state college of design, cornelia funke worked as a designer and illustrator of childrens books. Cornelias fans are sometimes referred to as funkies. But disappointment in the way some of the stories were told, combined with her desire to draw fantastic creatures and magical worlds rather than the familiar situations of school. The captivating sequel to inkheart, the critically acclaimed, international bestseller by cornelia funkeavailable for the first time in a beautifully designed trade paperback. But the wait for the next one in the series was a long one for me in india, and i only read fearless inspired by. Her books have sold tens of millions of copies, and they include the inkheart trilogy, dragon rider, the thief lord and the reckless series. She talks about the ink world in our exclusive video and reads aloud from the final book in the trilogy, inkdeath.