Some stories provide background to the Reckless series, but all are meant to stand alone. The swirly, entranced look of a story titled “The Spell of a Fairy” matches the tale of what it’s like to fall in love with one. There are witches’ recipes that call for the leg of “a stout child” and the “sleep crust” from a dozing little one. German born and US resident Cornelia Caroline Funke (December 10, 1958), award-winning author of children’s fiction, best known for her Inkworld trilogy ( Inkheart, Inkspell, Inkdeath) and her Venice based first novel The Thief Lord, basis for the successful movie of the same name.Ĭornelia Funke was voted into the Time magazine’s list of the 100 most influential people of 2005.Together they created the 16 distinctive stories (15 by Funke) for the app, which are told in words and other meida, including film, wood-cut-style drawings and fabric art. Will sneaks back through the mirror to say goodbye to his girlfriend Clara over the phone, leading to her going to the Reckless brothers’ house and entering the mirror. He is told that the berries that grow in the garden of child-eating witch may cure Will of the curse. Jacob knows that the stone will soon invade Will’s entire body, and Will will become one of the Goyl and he rides off in search of a cure. As a result of this, Will’s skin begins turning to stone. Will is attacked by a Goyl, a humanoid race with stone skin. Twelve years later, Jacob’s brother Will follows Jacob into the Mirrorworld. Reckless opens with twelve-year-old Jacob Reckless using a mirror to enter the magical world of Mirrorworld. Reckless was inspired by the tales of the Brothers Grimm. Originally published on 14 September 2010, it was rereleased 29 September 2016 as Reckless I: The Petrified Flesh. It is the first book in her MirrorWorld series. Reckless is a 2010 young adult novel by Cornelia Funke and Lionel Wigram.
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