There will be a special space in my library reserved for this book.
550 pages and more than half are stunning illustrations like these.
I could not put the book down.
This is the first time in a long time when I can say time really stood still while I read. I was lost in the story.
I will read it again because I read and looked very quickly wanting desperately to know how it ends. The book has already been turned into a movie that will be released this fall.
I am so glad my husband found this book for me! I stayed up way too late but it was worth it!
From the author Brian Selznick: My new book, The Invention of Hugo Cabret, is a 550 page novel in words and pictures. But unlike most novels, the images in my new book don't just illustrate the story; they help tell it. I've used the lessons I learned from Remy Charlip and other masters of the picture book to create something that is not a exactly a novel, not quite a picture book, not really a graphic novel, or a flip book or a movie, but a combination of all these things.
Here is a link to the Amazon listing.
