num_pages: 534
description: Orphan clock keeper and thief 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 bookish girl and a bitter old man who runs a toy booth in the 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 from Hugo's dead father form the backbone of this intricate tender and spellbinding mystery.
language: English
title: The Invention of Hugo Cabret
publisher: Scholastic Press