Meggie Folchart

Meggie Folchart is an inquisitive, and at times impetuous young girl, who has had a love of books instilled in her by her father. She has few friends, in part because of how often she and her father have moved about and in part because of spending most of her time with her nose in a book. She, like her father, relates to the world around her through literature and it is not an exaggeration to say that her most fulfilling relationships are with literary characters. Meggie's impetuousness and relentless curiosity get her into trouble, but also grant her the bravery to seize opportunities in dire situations.

Her mother disappears when she is very young and she has never been told the whole story of this disappearance. She eventually learns the truth and, what is more, she learns that she shares her father's singular ability to read...