The Invention of Hugo Cabret

Author: Selznick, Brian

Children's, Teenage & educational

Published on 1 October 2007 by Scholastic in the United Kingdom.

'A richly written story with breathtaking pictures'

- The Guardian

'It is wonderful...This is much more than a graphic novel:

it is more like a silent film on paper' - The New York Times

'This is a beautiful graphic novel within a novel - the

soft pencil drawings bringing the story alive' - Booktrust

ORPHAN, CLOCK KEEPER, AND THIEF.

Twelve-year-old 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 with an eccentric girl

and her grandfather, 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.

Winner of the esteemed Caldecott Medal, the

first novel to do so, as the Caldecott Medal is for picture books

Released as a live-action film Hugo

in 2011, directed by Martin Scorsase and starring Asa Butterfield,

Ben Kingsley, Jude Law, Sacha Baron Cohen, Richard Griffiths,

Ray Winstone, and Christopher Lee.