Imagine yourself sitting in a movie theater. The lights go dark and the curtains go up. You see a black screen and then the white light appears and with it, images that will unfold a fantastic story. The story of a young boy, Hugo Cabret, who lives alone in a train station, winding clocks so no one notices that his uncle, his last living relative is missing, and stealing food to stay alive. Hugo carries with him a small notebook of sketches and dreams of one day being able to repair the peculiar machine, a mechanical man, his father was enamored with. While Hugo has a lot of responsibilities, he is still just a young boy who dreams of having a normal life and he can’t seem to stop himself from stealing toys from the old man in the toy booth. One day Hugo gets caught and the one thing he loves, that notebook, is taken from him. Why won’t the old man give it back and what mysteries could the special machine hold? Don’t be alarmed by the size of this book. Selznick’s unique novel combines the elements of a picture book, graphic novel, and film and guides the reader on a magnificent journey through the train station and The Invention of Hugo Cabret. It contains more than 284 pages of original black and white drawings and leaves you wanting more.
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