Summary:
The Invention of Cabret,written and illustrated by Brian Selznick, is the winner of a 2008 Caldecott Award. Hugo´s father, a clockmaker, is suddenly killed in a fire, so Hugo is taken in by his uncle. Together they live inside a Paris train station where his uncle maintains the station clocks. One night Hugo´s uncle disappears leaving him all alone living inside the station walls. Hugo must steal to survive and maintain the station clocks so no one knows his uncle is missing. Hugo also works on a robot that his father had been trying to restore. Hugo is obsessed with getting the robot to function. One day he gets caught stealing parts from a toymaker and he takes away his father´s notebook and threatens to arrest him. A cryptic drawing, a treasured notebook, a stolen key, a mechanical man, and a hidden message from Hugo´s father create a spell binding mystery.
The Invention of Cabret is told in both words and pictures. It is a combination of a novel, a picture book, and a graphic novel. Each picture takes up a double page spread. As you turn each page, the next moment unfolds right in front of you.
Selznick, B. (2007). The invention of Hugo Cabret:a novel in words and pictures/(Caldecott Medal 2008). Scholastic Press.
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