- historical fiction, Juvenile fiction, Railroad stations, Robots
ORPHAN, CLOCK KEEPER, AND THIEF, twelve-year-old Hugo lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station, where his survival depends on secrets and anonymity. But when his world suddenly interlocks with an eccentric girl and the owner of a small toy booth in the train station, Hugo’s undercover life, and his most precious secret, are put in jeopardy.
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Grave, nostalgic, formally daring and meticulous.
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- rawmeticulous
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Brian Selznick
- First published
- 1920
- Pages
- 534
- Publisher
- Brian selznick, Selznick, Brian, Scholastic, Incorporated
- Editions
- 16
- Language
- Italian, Chinese, Spanish, English
- ISBN
- 9788467520446
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“The story I am about to share with you takes place in 1931, under the roofs of Paris.”
Brian Selznick (born July 14, 1966) is an American illustrator and writer best known as the writer of The Invention of Hugo Cabret (2007) and The Marvels (2015) and Wonderstruck (2011). He won the 2008 Caldecott Medal for U.S. picture book illustration recognizing The Invention of Hugo Cabret.[2][3] He is also known for illustrating children's books such as the covers of Scholastic's 20th-anniversary editions of the Harry Potter series. Photo: By Avery Jensen - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=72641789
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