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The invention of Hugo Cabret : a novel in words and pictures / by Brian Selznick.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780439813785
- ISBN: 0439813786
- Physical Description: 533 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Scholastic Press, 2007.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | 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. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | A brief introduction / Professor H. Alcofrisbas -- The thief -- The clocks -- Snowfall -- The window -- Hugo's father -- Ashes -- Secrets -- Cards -- The key -- The notebook -- Stolen goods -- The message -- pt. 2. The signature -- The armoire -- The plan -- The invention of dreams -- Papa Georges made movies -- Purpose -- The visit -- Opening the door -- The ghost in the station -- A train arrives in the station -- The magician -- Winding it up. |
| Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader MG 5.1 4. Reading Counts 6-8 5.2 7. |
| Awards Note: | Caldecott Medal, 2008 |
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| Subject: | Méliès, Georges, 1861-1938 > Juvenile fiction. Robots > Juvenile fiction. Orphans > Juvenile fiction. Railroad stations > France > Paris > Juvenile fiction. Caldecott Medal > 2008. |
| Genre: | Steampunk. |
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