The invention of Hugo Cabret By Brian Selznick Book review

Name of Book:The invention of Hugo Cabret

Publisher:Scholastic Inc./Press

Published:2007


Age category:9-15

Number of pages:530

Summary
Orphan Hugo Cabret lives in a wall. His secret home is etched out in the crevices of a busy

Paris train station. Part-time clock keeper, part-time thief, he leads a life of quiet routine

until he gets involved with an eccentric, bookish young girl and an angry old man who runs a

toy booth in the station. The Invention of Hugo Cabret unfolds its cryptic, magical story in a

format that blends elements of picture book, novel, graphic novel, and film. Caldecott Honor-

winning author-illustrator Brian Selznick has fashioned an intricate puzzle story that binds

the reader like a mesmerist's spell

Rating ad Review

Plot
Really really good-maybe at first it was a little bit confusing and some of the plot pictures

were pretty weird-it was really good.

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Suspense
Absoloutely wonderful-but in a different way, not in a grab this book and never let go because it's so good, but a suspense that just keeps it hold in your mind, making you wonder what's going to happen next.

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Ending
I liked it. Perfectly satisfying-and nothing else. Maybe a little bit of dissapointment.

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Cover
The cover perfectly symbolized the whole main point of the story-I loved how it looked, the way Brian Selznick made it seem like it was the lock to the chest of films in the story.

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Setting/Description
Perfect!The pictures clearly showed it, as did the words.

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TOTAL
23 STARS=GOOD

lUV,
Beth <3