The Invention of Hugo Cabret
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
by Brian Selznick
2007, 533 pp.
Rating: 
Absolutely wonderful. I cannot recommend this highly enough. I also couldn’t tell you what it’s about better than the official website:
ORPHAN, CLOCK KEEPER, AND THIEF, twelve-year-old Hugo lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station, where his survival depends on secrets and anonymity. But when his world suddenly interlocks with an eccentric girl and the owner of a small toy booth in the train station, Hugo’s undercover life, and his most precious secret, are put in jeopardy. A cryptic drawing, a treasured notebook, a stolen key, a mechanical man, and a hidden message all come together…in The Invention of Hugo Cabret.
This 526-page book is told in both words and pictures. The Invention of Hugo Cabret is not exactly a novel, and it’s not quite a picture book, and it’s not really a graphic novel, or a flip book, or a movie, but a combination of all these things. Each picture (there are nearly three hundred pages of pictures!) takes up an entire double page spread, and the story moves forward because you turn the pages to see the next moment unfold in front of you.
This is being made into a movie by Johnny Depp’s production company. I can’t wait to see it.
Visit the official website!
I just got this book and am so looking forward to it! I flipped through and I just love the drawings.
After reading your review I bought myself a copy of this book. It is beautiful! I’ve only just started reading it, but am loving it. Thank you very much for recommending it!
Jackie
thanks! I hadn’t heard of this one either.
DebD, it’s really really good!
this book is AUSOME!!!
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