is a Caldecott Honor book winner written by honor-winning author and illustrator Brian Selznick. He uses full page black-and-while illustrations interspersed throughout the novel to help immerse the readers into the story's plot. It is a magnificent mystery tale of an an orphaned boy named Hugo Cabret. When his father died Hugo went to live as an apprentice clock keeper with his uncle in one of Paris's train stations. However, after the disappearance of his uncle he decided to attend the clocks himself. He manages to survive by stealing food and in keeping his uncle's disappearance a secret. He is left behind with only his father's notebook and an automation in which he steals small toy parts in hopes of fixing it. He hopes the automation will reveal a secret message left behind by his deceased father. The plot thickens towards the middle of the book when his most treasured notebook gets taken away from him by a toy store owner. Can Hugo finish fixing the automation without the sketches from his father's notebook? Well, you will just have to read the book yourself.
If you love mystery, this is the book for you. So this book was an excellent read for me because I love suspense and mystery books. At first sight I was overwhelmed with the book's thickness. However, I was gladly relieved to find that a lot of the pages are illustrations. They actually help fill in the gap while I was reading.
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