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Hugo Cabret lives in the Paris railway station, in secret. By day, he takes care of all the clocks, by night he works to finish the repairs to an automaton, a mechanical man, a project started by his beloved father. To finish the repairs he must steal parts from the cranky toy shop owner in the railway station. To do this he is aided by the toy shop owner's granddaughter. Is Hugo able to fix the automaton? Or will he be discovered by the terrifying Train Station Inspector? To find out these answ
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Beautiful illustrations and a touching story. I thought it was an amazing book.
Love the format of this book. I like how half of the story is told through gorgeous pictures, and half through words. Great story, too. Was hoping for a bit more character development from Hugo, but still a great fast read (even though it’s 500 pages).
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