Saturday's Book Recommendation: The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick

Love, love, loved it! I read it on a car ride this past summer (I was riding, not driving!) and think it's fantastic. I'm so glad I bought the hardcover. This is a book I will cherish and recommend long into the future. The storyline is a bit like the inner workings of a clock. The little gears of character the individual characters, their backstories, and the forward moving plot all fit together and work to produce a masterpiece of a book. I particularly liked the reference to an old movie I watched with my dad when I was little. He liked seeing the very old black and white silent movies, and I found them delightful. The old movies and clock gears are also characters (in a sense.)  Adults will enjoy this book as much as children.  Younger children may not follow the whole story, but will enjoy the old-fashioned photo-like illustrations.

Check out Hugo's website.

(The link should be fixed now.)

 

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