The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick

A fabulous story of an orphan, Hugo, living in a Paris railway station at the turn of last century winding up the clocks and foraging for a living in what ever way he can. His secret life is threatened when he is caught shoplifting by an old man and meets his young niece. A broken mechanical man left to him by his father holds the key to the mystery of this story.

Nearly 300 pages of this book are told in original black and white drawings that resemble a cinematic storyboard and in these lies another mystery of this book. Wide appeal from middle school through to secondary. Of particular interest to those studying early film makers.

Pub.Scholastic Press.

Reviewed by Bob