Published in 2011
Meggie's father, Mo, has an amazing 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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The adventures of a father and his young daughter, in their search for a long lost book that will help reunite a missing, close relative.
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