Tintenherz by Cornelia Funke

In this book, readers can bring characters to life from books. I found the story's pacing a little off (but that could be a language issue, as I was reading in German). I liked the general concept, and of course, I'm sympathetic to anything that investigates the magic of books, but I'm not sure that pulling Meggie away from school for ages worked for me, in terms of suspension of disbelief, and also, I was a bit skeptical of Fengolio's ultimate solution of re-writing. At any rate, I'm going to continue with the second and third books of the series.