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The invention of Hugo Cabret : a novel in words and pictures  Cover Image Book Book

The invention of Hugo Cabret : a novel in words and pictures

Selznick, Brian (author,, artist.).

Summary: When twelve-year-old Hugo, an orphan living and repairing clocks within the walls of a Paris train station in 1931, meets a mysterious toyseller and his goddaughter, his undercover life and his biggest secret are jeopardized.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1428733140
  • ISBN: 9781428733145
  • ISBN: 1407103482
  • ISBN: 9781407103488
  • ISBN: 0439813786
  • ISBN: 9780439813785
  • Physical Description: 533 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
    regular print
    print
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Scholastic Press, 2007.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Art techniques used: Black and white pencil drawings that are photographic and cinematic in style. Some sequences operate like a flick book becoming animated like a movie.
Formatted Contents Note: A brief introduction / Professor H. Alcofrisbas -- The thief -- The clocks -- Snowfall -- The window -- Hugo's father -- Ashes -- Secrets -- Cards -- The key -- The notebook -- Stolen goods -- The message -- pt. 2. The signature -- The armoire -- The plan -- The invention of dreams -- Papa Georges made movies -- Purpose -- The visit -- Opening the door -- The ghost in the station -- A train arrives in the station -- The magician -- Winding it up.
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader MG 5.1 4.
Reading Counts 6-8 5.2 7.
Awards Note:
Caldecott Medal, 2008
Subject: Méliès, Georges 1861-1938 Juvenile fiction
Méliès, Georges 1861-1938 Fiction
Méliès, Georges 1861-1938
M?eli?es, Georges 1861-1938 Fiction
Robots Juvenile fiction
Orphans Juvenile fiction
Railroad stations France Paris Juvenile fiction
Robots Fiction
Orphans Fiction
Railroad stations Fiction
Film Fiction
Orphans
Railroad stations
Robots
Faszination
Spielzeughersteller
Vertrauen
Waisenkind
Film
Imagination
Railroad stations Fiction
Orphans Fiction
Historical fiction
Robots Fiction
Paris (France) History 1870-1940 Juvenile fiction
Railroads Juvenile fiction
Railroad stations Juvenile fiction
Orphans Juvenile fiction
Robots Juvenile fiction
Melies, Georges, 1861-1938 Juvenile fiction
Paris (France) History 1870-1940 Fiction
France History Third Republic, 1870-1940 Fiction
Paris Fiction
France Paris
Paris
Paris (France) History Fiction
France History Fiction
Genre: Kinderbuch.
Steampunk.
Historical fiction.
Historical fiction -- Juvenile fiction.
Juvenile works.
Fiction.
History.
History.

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