The Invention of Hugo Cabret

The Invention of Hugo Cabret
by Brian Selznick Edition: Hardcover
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A Masterpiece!, March 28, 2008

The Inventions of Hugo
Cabret By Brian Selznick

A Masterpiece! This book is a masterpiece of art and words. It has been a long time since a book has touched me like this one. I usually read until I fall asleep. This book kept me awake, until I finished.

Hugo Cabret is a twelve-years-old boy, with the whole world on his shoulders. He has no parents, no school, no money, no friends but he does have huge dreams. He works hard to keep all the clocks running in the Paris train station. This is a big and important job, for a boy. The clocks keep the whole city of Paris running as it should.

This story is woven with the loss of Hugo's father, and the lives of a toy maker, and his goddaughter. It also tells of Hugo's determination to save a magical machine that may contain a secret message from his father.

If you pick up a book with 540 pages, it can seem a little overwhelming. When you see that half of the pages are filled with cleaver, detailed drawings, the book becomes much more fascinating. The details in Brian Selznick's book are so clever. The pictures make the story run as it should; telling Hugo Cabret's story in a way that mere words could not achieve.

I am even more fascinated with Hugo and his clocks, because my father and grandfather were watchmakers. I used to watch my father take apart a watch or clock, fix and clean it and put it back together with his intricate parts and small tools.

Adults and children of all ages will love this book.

Jill Ammon Vanderwood
Author: Through the Rug
Through The Rug 2: Follow That Dog (Through the Rug)

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