An edition of The Invention of Hugo Cabret (1920)

The Invention of Hugo Cabret

a novel in words and pictures

1st ed.; Movie tie-in
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An edition of The Invention of Hugo Cabret (1920)

The Invention of Hugo Cabret

a novel in words and pictures

1st ed.; Movie tie-in
  • 4.4 (16 ratings) ·
  • 277 Want to read
  • 8 Currently reading
  • 27 Have read

ORPHAN. CLOCK KEEPER, AND THIEF, 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—like the gears of the clocks he keeps—with an eccentric, bookish girl and a bitter old man who runs a toy in the train station, Hugo's undercover life and his most precious secret are put in jeopardy. A cryptic drawing in 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 spell- binding mystery.

With 284 pages of original drawings, and combining elements of picture book, graphic novel, and film, Brian Selznick breaks open the novel form to create an entirely new reading experience. Here is a stunning, cinematic tour de force from a boldly innovative storyteller, artist. and bookmaker.
--back cover

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Publisher
Scholastic Press
Language
English
Pages
533

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Cover of: The Invention of Hugo Cabret
The Invention of Hugo Cabret: a novel in words and pictures
2011, Scholastic Press
Hardcover in English - 1st ed.; Movie tie-in
Cover of: The Invention of Hugo Cabret
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
2008, Scholastic Press
Hardcover in English - 1st edition (7)
Cover of: La invención de Hugo Cabret
La invención de Hugo Cabret
Sep 15, 2007, Scholastic, Selznick, Brian, EDICIONES SM
in Spanish

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First Sentence

"THE STORY I AM ABOUT TO SHARE with you takes place in 1931, under the roofs of Paris."

Edition Notes

US/CAN

Published in
New York
Copyright Date
2007

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
[Fic]
Library of Congress
PZ7.S4654 Inv 2007

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
533 p. :
Number of pages
533

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL7515687M
ISBN 10
0439813786
ISBN 13
9780439813785
LCCN
2006007119
Library Thing
1729243
Goodreads
56594782

Work Description

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 the owner of a small toy booth in the train station, 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 all come together...in The Invention of Hugo Cabret.

This 526-page book is told in both words and pictures. The Invention of Hugo Cabret is not exactly a novel, and it’s not quite a picture book, and it’s not really a graphic novel, or a flip book, or a movie, but a combination of all these things. Each picture (there are nearly three hundred pages of pictures!) takes up an entire double page spread, and the story moves forward because you turn the pages to see the next moment unfold in front of you.
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THE STORY I AM ABOUT TO SHARE with you takes place in 1931, under the roofs of Paris.
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January 7, 2024 Edited by Bernat Fortet Add subjects: lexile:820, lexile_range:801-900, age:min:8, age:max:11, grade:min:4, grade:max:7
December 30, 2023 Edited by Bernat Fortet Add Juvenile subject
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September 26, 2023 Edited by Lisa reverted to revision 21
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