A lovely YA novel about the magic of reading. Meggie's father, Mo, has a wonderful (yet cursed) gift of reading aloud - when he does, people and objects from the stories leave their world and enter ours. One day, when Meggie was a child, Mo read a scary story to his wife and the evil characters from the story switched places with Meggie's mother. Try as he might, Mo couldn't make the villains trade back with Teresa. returnreturnThis is the story of the struggle between Meggie's family and the villains that either want to be sent back to their story or want their power in our world to increase. Great fun and adventure for all ages. Definitely recommend.