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Zusatztext "A haunting story of loyalty, betrayal, magic and danger" Sunday Times "Magical and full of surprises - find a child to read it to as an excuse, or just indulge" The Lady "A superb series of books. They are certainly intriguing and mesmerising in the telling" The School Librarian Informationen zum Autor Cornelia Funke is the highly acclaimed, award-winning and bestselling author of the Inkheart trilogy, Dragon Rider , The Thief Lord and numerous other children's novels and picture books. 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. Her books have now sold more than 20 million copies worldwide, and have been translated into 37 languages. Klappentext "Jacob has uncovered the doorway to another world, hidden behind a mirror. It is a place of dark magic and enchanted objects, scheming dwarves and fearsome ogres, fairies born from water and men born from stone. Here, he hunts for treasure and seeks adventure in the company of Fox - a beautiful, shapeshifting girl, who guides and guards him. But now Jacob's younger brother has followed him into the mirrored world, and all that was freedom has turned to fear. Because a deadly curse has been spoken; and Jacob must risk his life to reverse it, before his brother is turned to stone forever..."--Provided by publisher.Enter the magical world behind the Mirrors... Leseprobe 2 Twelve Years Later The sun already stood low over the walls of the burned ruin, but Will was still asleep, exhausted from the pain and the fear of what would was growing in his flesh. One mistake. After twelve years of caution. Jacob covered his brother with his cloak and looked up at the sky. The two moons were already visible and the setting sun blackened the surrounding hills. He had made this world his home. Twelve years were a long time. By fourteen he already couldn’t count the months he had spent behind the mirror, despite his mother’s tears, despite her helpless fear for him… “Where have you been, Jacob? Please! Tell me!” How? How could he have told her without loosing the precious freedom the mirror granted him, all the life he had found behind it, the feeling to be so much more himself behind its glass. “Where have you been, Jacob?” She had never found out. He had told Will of this world, convinced his brother would believe it all to be nothing but a fairy tale. He should have known him better. Why didn’t he realize that his stories would fill Will with the same yearning that drove him through the mirror? Be honest, Jacob, you didn’t want to think about it. No. He had longed to share what he had found with someone, and as his father’s study had kept the mirror’s secret for so many years, it had been far too easy to convince himself that it would be safe there forever. Maybe it would have been if he hadn’t been so eager to go back. He had forgotten only once to lock the door, and his hand was already pressed against the dark glass when Will walked in. It is so tempting to escape one’s bad conscience by changing worlds. Everything in the apartment had reminded Jacob that he had been looking for a glass shoe while his mother was dying. You have deserted her, Jacob, her empty room had whispered. Exactly like your father. In fairy tales the heroes are punished when they run away from a task. The heroes, not their younger brothers… The wounds on Will’s neck healed well, but the stone already showed in his left arm. It was jade. That was unusual. Mostly it was carnelian, jasper, moonstone… “He has already the scent of a Goyl.” The vixen moved out of the shadows cast by the crumbling walls. Her fur was as red as if autumn itself had dyed it. O...
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"A haunting story of loyalty, betrayal, magic and danger" Sunday Times
"Magical and full of surprises - find a child to read it to as an excuse, or just indulge" The Lady
"A superb series of books. They are certainly intriguing and mesmerising in the telling" The School Librarian
