This is a book about a boy called Hugo Cabret who lives and tends behind the clocks in a London station. With his father dead and his uncle missing Hugo devotes his life to fixing an automaton. But this automaton is no ordinary one as it can write! All it needs is one special key. But who has the key and how is all this connected to one small notebook? Will Hugo solve these mysteries and fulfil his ambitions?
This is a richly written story with breathtaking pictures by author and illustrator Brian Selznick. I would recommend this book to those aged nine and over because of the complexity of the plot.
This is an adventure story with a splash of mystery added in which entrances and ensnares the reader into finishing the book. Well done Brian Selznick for writing this amazing book which has also been made into a film.
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