The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Subtitle: a novel in words and pictures
By: by Brian Selznick.
Edition: 1st ed.; Movie tie-in
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 533
ISBN-13: 9780439813785
Copyright date: 2007
First sentence: THE STORY I AM ABOUT TO SHARE with you takes place in 1931, under the roofs of Paris.
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—like the gears of the clocks he keeps—with an eccentric, bookish girl and a bitter old man who runs a toy in the train station, Hugo's undercover life and his most precious secret are put in jeopardy. A cryptic drawing in 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 spell- binding mystery. 

With 284 pages of original drawings, and combining elements of picture book, graphic novel, and film, Brian Selznick breaks open the novel form to create an entirely new reading experience. Here is a stunning, cinematic tour de force from a boldly innovative storyteller, artist. and bookmaker.
--back cover
Notes: US/CAN