The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
by Sam Arnold-Boyd on Nov.17, 2011, under Caldecott, Historical Fiction, Mystery, Student Reviews
Who would like this book? If I were asked who would like this book, I would say that people who are into books that are not just explained by text because this book has a lot of pictures.
Why? This book is about Hugo Cabret who is a twelve year old boy and a very good mechanic. He got all of his smarts from his dad who made clocks but his dad died from a fire in a museum. So he is living with his uncle who doesn’t have a lot of money so the only way for Hugo to be healthy is to steal. That doesn’t really turn out as well as he imagined. The only thing that Hugo happened to save from the fire was a robot called the automaton that he fixed because he thought that it would write a letter from his dad. I thought that this book was good because it is a fast-paced, unpredictable story.
The details: 533 pp. 2007 Review by Brayden
