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The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick

The Invention of Hugo Cabret

by Brian Selznick

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  • Jan 2007, 544 pages
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Frank Zhou

Interesting Book
Decent and interesting, for kids 9-11 years old native speaker.
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The Invention of Hugo Cabret
I am only 11 and this is my favorite book along with The Uglies! When U was reading this book I couldn't put it down! It looks like a big book but a sort of a big part of it is pictures but you HAVE to look at the pictures to understand!!!
kirst

The invention of Hugo Cabret is a fun entertaning read
Hugo is a young orphan and you then start to wonder why would a young kid live in a train station,what happens to his uncle,why does he have this automation,and why does he have to fix the clocks. And during part 2 you then ask your self when will Georges Me'lie's adopt Hugo because during the first part he doesn't like Hugo but as time goes on he starts to care for him. It is a great book for all ages
Aaron Mead

Gripping Story, Haunting Illustrations: The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Hugo Cabret is an orphan boy who secretly maintains the clocks at a Paris railway station. His father—once an horologist—died in a fire while repairing an automaton, a highly complex machine designed to look and to write like a human being. Hugo has salvaged the remains of the automaton, now hidden in Hugo’s room in the walls of the train station, and he steals mechanical parts in his attempt to finish his father’s project of restoring it. Hugo is convinced that, once restored, the automaton will convey a message to him from his deceased father.

However, when Hugo’s path intersects with Isabelle, another orphan,more
jenny

my review
This book is so fascinating, you can never put it down. When I first picked it up I thought it would take me a month to read the whole story, but when I started to read the book I couldn't put it down and it only took me two days to read it!!!
mad book reader

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This book is awesome. You guys and ladies should read it.

Its like a movie back in the 1950s. so creative. and lots of details.

I'm only 7 years old and I read this book 4 times.

That's how I much I love this book.
Bridget Duncan

This was okay
This story of a young orphan named Hugo Cabaret, is fascinating yet sometimes confusing. The illustrations are fantastic and I cannot wait to read the sequel. Hugo was very interesting and intriguing, yet sometimes boring and confusing. But Hugo Cabaret was fine. I liked it.
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