

The visit of a mysterious stranger named Dustfinger, leads Meggie Folchart's father, Mo, to decide to flee their small farm cottage and take refuge in the estate of Meggie's great aunt Elinor. Meggie learns that she has inherited her father's special skill and together, with the help of Dustfinger, Meggie's great aunt Elinor and Fenoglio, the writer of Inkheart, they defeat Capricorn and Meggie is reunited with her mother. While imprisoned by the villain Capricorn, Meggie learns of her mother's true fate and of her father's secret ability to read characters and objects out of books and into real life. A late night visit from a mysterious man named Dustfinger sets off a series of events that bring Meggie and her father into confrontation with the sinister Capricorn. Her mother disappeared when Meggie was a baby. Meggie Folchart lives alone with her father Mo, a book repair specialist.
