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The Invention of Hugo Cabret
by Brian Selznick
'A richly written story with breathtaking
pictures' - The Guardian 'It
is wonderful...This is much more than a graphic novel: it is more
like a silent film on paper' - The New York Times
'This is a beautiful graphic novel within a novel
- the soft pencil drawings bringing the story alive' - Booktrust
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...Read more
'A richly written story with breathtaking
pictures' - The Guardian 'It
is wonderful...This is much more than a graphic novel: it is more
like a silent film on paper' - The New York Times
'This is a beautiful graphic novel within a novel
- the soft pencil drawings bringing the story alive' - Booktrust
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 her grandfather, 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 from Hugo's dead father form the backbone of this
intricate, tender, and spellbinding mystery.
Winner
of the esteemed Caldecott Medal - the first novel
to do so, as the Caldecott Medal is an award for picture books
Released as a live-action film Hugo
in 2011, directed by Martin Scorsase and starring Asa Butterfield,
Ben Kingsley, Jude Law, Sacha Baron Cohen, Richard Griffiths,
Ray Winstone, and Christopher Lee.
