The invention of Hugo Cabret : a novel in words and pictures
(Book)

Art techniques used: Black and white pencil drawings that are photographic and cinematic in style. Some sequences operate like a flick book becoming animated like a movie.

Includes bibliographical references.

When twelve-year-old Hugo, an orphan living and repairing clocks within the walls of a Paris train station in 1931, meets a mysterious toyseller and his goddaughter, his undercover life and his biggest secret are jeopardized.

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 booth in the train 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.

Accelerated Reader AR,MG,5.1,4.0,Accelerated Reader Quiz #113692.

Reading Counts,6-8,5.2,7,40340.

Lexlie,820L.

F&P,W.

Caldecott Medal, 2008

National Book Awards finalist (Young People's Literature), 2007

Kentucky Bluegrass Award, 2008