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The invention of Hugo Cabret : a novel in words and pictures /

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Scholastic Press, 2007.Edition: 1st edDescription: 533 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780439813785
  • 0439813786
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • [Fic] 22
LOC classification:
  • PZ7.S4654 Inv 2007 PS3619.E469
Other classification:
  • DX 4270
Contents:
A brief introduction / Professor H. Alcofrisbas -- The thief -- The clocks -- Snowfall -- The window -- Hugo's father -- Ashes -- Secrets -- Cards -- The key -- The notebook -- Stolen goods -- The message -- pt. 2. The signature -- The armoire -- The plan -- The invention of dreams -- Papa Georges made movies -- Purpose -- The visit -- Opening the door -- The ghost in the station -- A train arrives in the station -- The magician -- Winding it up.
Awards:
  • Caldecott Medal winner, 2008.
Summary: When twelve-year-old Hugo, an orphan living and repairing clocks within the walls of a Paris train station in 1931, meets a mysterious toyseller and his goddaughter, his undercover life and his biggest secret are jeopardized.
Holdings
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JF JF Chamberlin Free Public Library Fiction J SEL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 34517000251291

Art techniques used: Black and white pencil drawings that are photographic and cinematic in style. Some sequences operate like a flick book becoming animated like a movie.

A brief introduction / Professor H. Alcofrisbas -- The thief -- The clocks -- Snowfall -- The window -- Hugo's father -- Ashes -- Secrets -- Cards -- The key -- The notebook -- Stolen goods -- The message -- pt. 2. The signature -- The armoire -- The plan -- The invention of dreams -- Papa Georges made movies -- Purpose -- The visit -- Opening the door -- The ghost in the station -- A train arrives in the station -- The magician -- Winding it up.

When twelve-year-old Hugo, an orphan living and repairing clocks within the walls of a Paris train station in 1931, meets a mysterious toyseller and his goddaughter, his undercover life and his biggest secret are jeopardized.

Caldecott Medal winner, 2008.

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