The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick was nominated both for illustrations and story this year. It deserves every accolade it gets!Told in words and pictures, this 525 page kids book is exciting and beautiful.
Hugo Cabret, 12, lives in a train station in Paris. He lives on his own and fixes the clocks in the station. It was his uncle's job, but his uncle has disappeared.
He is afraid if someone finds him he will be sent to an orphanage. But he must remain in his current home long enough to fix the mechanical man his father found at the museum. He is sure that if he can fix it, it will reveal a message from his father.
Selznick, Brian. (2007). The Invention of Hugo Cabret. New York: Scholastic Press.
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