I loved cornelia funkes inkheart trilogy and now shes started a new series called reckless. Read by elliot hill unabridged compact disc published by. Fearless mirrorworld download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. Violet is a young princess who wishes she could show the world that she. Hers is a book grafted throughout with fairy tales. Cornelia funke inkheart trilogy and reckless 5 books collection set rrp. Her books have sold tens of millions of copies, and they include the inkheart trilogy, dragon rider, the thief lord and the reckless series. It plays in the same fantasy world like the inkheart. 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 joins selfpublishing revolution books.
Adventure, love, greed, honor, suspense, and wonder are just some of the ways to describe this book. Now comes ms cornelia funke who has written and created illustrations for her painstakingly crafted book. Both author and narrator draw you into the mirror world stories so completely you feel as if you are there with the characters. Cornelia funke is an internationally bestselling, multipleawardwinning author, best known for writing the inkheart trilogy, dragon rider, and the thief lord. Books by cornelia funke authors like cornelia funke. Cornelia funke is a multiple awardwinning german author, best known for writing the inkworld trilogy as well as the thief lord. It was first published in german by dressler on september 6, 2012 under the name reckless. I wish that fearless was the first book in the series. 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. After three books and more than seven years in the inkworld, cornelia was sure that. The book nods at almost every fairy story youve ever encountered snow white, sleeping beauty, bluebeard, the. 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.
Cornelia funke, author of the international bestseller the thief lord, makes her brilliant debut as a picturebook writer with this winning tale of a young princesss adventure. Book overview 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. 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. Fearless by cornelia funke, 9780316056106, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. The writer cornelia funke, who imagined a world in which readers can summon characters out of books, will be unleashing a whirlwind from the pages of. 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.
Reckless by cornelia funke can jacob reckless save his brother before he transforms into a savage beast. Her fingers seem tipped with fairy wings, overtaken by an enchantment in order to make such strikingly beautiful pictures to accompany her story. Mirrorworld is a series of a planned five books written by german author cornelia funke. In the year 2003, cornelia funke wrote another award winning novel, the inkheart. Eoin colfer angie sage d j mac hale jenny nimmo john flanagan darren shan anthony horowitz lemony snicket garth nix herbie brennan. And now jacob, waiting for the fairy curse to strike that will end his life, is on the greatest treasure hunt of his life, this time.
Similarly, book 2 was firstmore book 1 was originally just called reckless but it was renamed and republished as reckless. Books by cornelia funke writers similar to cornelia funke. Another problem wit fearless is that it tends toward too many cliffhangers as we pass from one miniadventure to another. Fearless, by cornelia funke little, brown, april 2, 20, ya, is the sequel to reckless, which told how jacob, a boy from our world who became a treasurehunter in a mirrorworld where fairy tales are true, sacrificed himself to save his younger brother. Fearless is a 20 young adult novel written by german author cornelia funke. And as for you, he had added almost devoutly, looking at dustfinger as if to stare the scars from. Julia book 1 was originally just called reckless but it was renamed and republished as reckless. Who knows how many books this story will fill in the end. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. 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. Official actually, i wanted to take my german readers back to inkworld at the end of next year.
As of 2016, the first three books in the series have been published, titled reckless, fearless and. She is also the author of an acclaimed ya fantasy trilogy that includes inkheart, inkspell, and inkdeath. Fearless by cornelia funke overdrive rakuten overdrive. The mirrorworld anthology is a collection of illustrated stories that expand on the fantasy world of author cornelia funkes reckless series of novels. The anthology explores stories that show what its like to live in this world as. Reckless paperback cover, the first book of the penology. Her first book to be translated into english was the standalone novel the thief lord, published in 2000. Cornelia funke books list of books by author cornelia funke. Cornelia funke is germanys bestselling childrens author after j. 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.
Cornelia funke is a multiple awardwinning german illustrator and storyteller, who writes fantasy for all ages of readers. Cornelia funke followed the success of her two books the dragon rider and the thief lord with yet another success. Similarly, book 2 was first released as fearless but it has since been rereleased as reckless 2. Fearless by cornelia funke english paperback book for. Cornelia funke is one of the best selling childrens writers in the world. Many of cornelia s titles are published all over the world and translated into more than 30 languages. Batchelder award as well as the 2004 and 2006 booksense book of. 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. Adventure, love, greed, honor, suspense, and wonder are. A dark enchanted place hes loved for its treasure, secrets and dangers. Cornelia funke is a master of the written word and elliot hill is a master of the spoken word. Fearless by cornelia funke, 9781906427269, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide.
If you are the publisher or author of this book and feel that the. Cornelia funke finally returns to her natural writing style that is obvious in her childrens books and inkheart but without the clunkiness and dense paragraphs that are in reckless. For the first time in his life, jacob reckless is afraid. Amongst her best known books is the inkheart trilogy. Review of fearless by cornelia funke the illustrated page.
She is the author of the thief lord, dragon rider, inkheart, inkspell, the ghosthunters series, when santa fell to earth, and igraine the brave. The inkworld books, which have won the 2003 mildred l. Little, brown books for young readers april 2, 20 sold by. 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. Hes tried everything to shake the fairy curse that traded his life for his brotherslegends like the allhealing apple, the well of eternal youth. Fearlessmirrorworld by info book creators 2018 issuu. In the fall of 2002, she made her brilliant debut in the englishlanguage market with the release of the new york times bestseller the thief lord. It keeps its secrets safe as the treasures that jacob is searching for. The reckless series is a planned pentalogy of fantasy novels written by german author cornelia funke in collaboration with lionel wigram. Cornelia funke audio books, best sellers, author bio. She launched to fame with dragon rider in 1997 and has since become one of germanys most successful authors.