The Invention of Hugo Cabret, by Brian SelznickThe Invention of Hugo Cabret will transport you to Paris in the early 1900s. The story is a mystery about a boy (he's an orphan, of course, because all children in books today either have one parent or no parents) who becomes involved with a director of early black and white movies. The story will keep you interested and guessing right to the very end. But the best part of the book is the way it is told. The story unfolds in words and in pictures. Unlike a traditional story, where the pictures enhance the words, in Hugo Cabret, the pictures are part of the story-- that is, the author includes series of black and white drawings, which tell parts of the story. It's a film-- I mean a book-- you'll want to stay with to the end! I give this book 5 out of 5 stars. -Annie
More on Brian Selznick and The Invention of Hugo Cabret:
- An Interview with Brian Selznick, at Borders.com
- Getting Personal with Brian Selznick, at Borders.com
- Brian Selznick on National Public Radio: Listen to an interview, and to Selznick reading excerpts from the book
- Video Clip: Scene from Le Voyage Dans La Lune (Voyage to the Moon), the film that helped inspire Selznick to write the book
- Just for fun... Video Clip: A music video from the band Smashing Pumpkins, which was also inspired by Le Voyage Dans La Lune, at YouTube
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15 comments:
I agree!
Tusinella Newspickle
Hugo Cabret Rocks! (like Bruce Willis)
Peter avnyuagtiavtg
Bran Selznick is briliant
Larry the cabbage
I really like how the pictures of this 500 page picture book supported the story!
You won't be able to put this book down!
Julien
I agree with you!! I love how you wrote Hugo Cabret will....
Cornelia Somerset
Hey guys!
Please sign your comments with your first name (as Julien did). If you use a silly pseudonym, we'll never know who's participating in the conversation and contributing these brilliant remarks! Thanks for your additions --- it's so exciting to see them!
~ Mrs. K
(a/k/a Tusinella Newspickle)
That book is sooo good! I really agree.
Yeah, Hugo Cabret is the BEST book! I worried it would take me too long too read because it is so thick. But since half of it is pictures and since I couldn't bear to get away from it, I read it in 24 hours flat.
I really enjoyed this book! The pictures were well illustrated and helped tell the story. The plot and characters kept me interested in the book.
zoe
I thought that this was an exciting book with good pictures and had an interesting ending
i loved this book and the illustrations really helped to explain the book further and showed what the author meant. I wasn't able to put it down
I totally agree! This book is the best!! :)
A
I LOVED this book. It is one of my favorites of all times!
A great book for kids ages 8-12. And annie, whoever you are, you are TOTALLY right about the whole orphan thing.
--JEG
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