Inkdeath by Cornelia Funke

Ever since the extraordinary events of Ink-spell, when the enchanted book Ink-heart drew Meggie and her father, Mo, into its chapters, life in the Ink-world has been more tragic than magical. The fire-eater Dust-finger is dead, having sacrificed is life for his apprentice Fraid’s and now, under the rule of the evil Adderhead, the Fairy-tale land is in bloody chaos, its characters far beyond the control of Fenoglio, their author. Even Elinor, left behind in the real world, believes her family to be lost between the covers of a book. Facing the threat of eternal winter, Mo inks a dangerous deal with Death itself. There yet remains a faint hope of changing the cursed story if only he can fill its pages fast enough. Ink-death the captivating final tale in the In-heart trilogy