The invention of Hugo Cabret

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• A subtle world in black and white

  With The Invention of Hugo Cabret (Scholastic, pounds 12.99), the American illustrator/author Brian Selznick seems to have invented a new kind of book. It's at once a picture book, a graphic novel, a rattling good yarn and an engaging celebration of ... (read full critics)

  guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

• Children’s Books

  In 1991, my wife and I wandered into Eeyore’s Books for Children on the Upper West Side, looking to freshen the nightly round of bedtime stories. “The Houdini Box,” by Brian Selznick, sat right by the cash register. Skip to next paragraph THE INVENTI ... (read full critics)

  nytimes published on Sat, 18 Sep 2010

10 Reviews

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  Another young adult book worth reading, the story is actually fairly short but sweet, it's the illustrations that make this book amazing (and it has tons of illustrations since part of the story is told through the pictures).

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  Icedream said on May 22, 2008 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

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  I'm still reading it. But from the moment I got the book, I was fully blown away & speechless. This is an amazing book. Way exceeded my expectation.

  I will give four stars to the illustrations and how the author presented the story.

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  Happyexpose said on Apr 15, 2009 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

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  a small masterpiece for pre-teens and adults too

  It the story of a nipper living in a train station in 30s Paris. Full of conjuring, automata, mysteries, clockwork, sadness and old/new family ties. A collectors' book and an ingenious combination of novel, graphic novel, silent film.

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  Plucino said on Feb 1, 2009 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

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  The art and story is beautiful.

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  waitingforatrain said on Apr 18, 2012 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

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  Good book nice ending, can't wait to watch the movie.

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  Flacovila said on Feb 15, 2012 about the Audio CD edition | Add your feedback

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  Loved every single page!!!

  The book in once sentence: A 12-year-old Parisian orphan makes a startling discovery of a man's true - and astounding - identity.

  My thoughts: This is one of the most amazing books I have ever read, and I really, really think you should read it. No, get your own copy!

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  The book in once sentence: A 12-year-old Parisian orphan makes a startling discovery of a man's true - and astounding - identity.

  My thoughts: This is one of the most amazing books I have ever read, and I really, really think you should read it. No, get your own copy!

  Read my review here:
  http://guiltlessreading.blogspot.com/2011/07/invention-…

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  guiltlessreader aka screamingbanshee said on Sep 5, 2011 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

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• Others 533 Pages
• ISBN-10: 1602521123
• ISBN-13: 9781602521124
• Publisher: Scholastic Press
• Pub date: Mar 01, 2007
• Also available as: Hardcover and Audio CD
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