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Ginger
Feb 11, 2012 rated it it was amazing
Imagine you took all the most romantic and adventerous elements you could think of -- a snowy Paris, train stations, clocktowers, silent film, and children with a mystery -- and put them all in one book.

Here, you have The Invention of Hugo Cabret.

One of the most charming, inovative stories I've read in a while. Half novel, half comic book, Brian Sselznick will go down as a classic children's book author with Maurice Sendeck, Dr. Seuss, and E.L. Konigsburg in my book (pun intended).

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Rachel N.
Jan 27, 2016 rated it really liked it
Hugo cabret is an orphan who is taken in by his uncle. When his uncle disappears Hugo continues his uncle's job of maintaining the clocks in the Paris train station while stealing food to survive and parts from the toy maker to repair an automaton which is the only thing Hugo has left from his father. Hugo is caught by the toy maker and their lives begin to intersect. The story is told part in words and part in pictures. I liked the art work and the main characters. There were just too many coin ...more
Martha
Sep 17, 2012 rated it liked it
I always read the book before seeing the movie. The book surprised me because I thought it was fantasy and it was not. I liked the combination of drawings and narrative.
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Mar 04, 2010 rated it really liked it
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Jul 30, 2010 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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Sep 23, 2011 rated it liked it
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Oct 02, 2011 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
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