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The invention of Hugo Cabret : a novel in words and pictures  Cover Image Book Book

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

Selznick, Brian (author,, artist.).

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.

Item details

  • ISBN: 9780439813785
  • ISBN: 0439813786
  • ISBN: 9781407103488
  • ISBN: 1407103482
  • ISBN: 9781428733145
  • ISBN: 1428733140
  • Physical Description: print
    533 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Scholastic Press, 2007.

Contents / Notes

General Note:
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.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note: 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.
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.1 4.0 Accelerated Reader Quiz #113692.
Reading Counts 6-8 5.2 7 40340.
Lexlie 820L.
F&P W.
Awards Note:
Caldecott Medal, 2008
National Book Awards finalist (Young People's Literature), 2007
Kentucky Bluegrass Award, 2008
Subject: Méliès, Georges 1861-1938 Juvenile fiction
Robots Juvenile fiction
Orphans Juvenile fiction
Railroad stations France Paris Juvenile fiction
Clocks and watches Repairing Juvenile fiction
Robots Fiction
Orphans Fiction
Railroad stations Fiction
Paris (France) History 1870-1940 Fiction
France History Third Republic, 1870-1940 Fiction
Gares France Paris Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
JUVENILE FICTION Mysteries & Detective Stories
Méliès, Georges 1861-1938
Historical fiction
Orphans
Railroad stations
Robots
France Paris
Caldecott Medal
Faszination
Spielzeughersteller
Vertrauen
Waisenkind
Imagination
Geschichte
Frankreich
Méliès, Georges 1861-1938 Fiction
Railroad stations Fiction
Orphans Fiction
Historical fiction
Robots Fiction
Paris (France) History Fiction
France History Fiction
Film
Paris
Genre: History.
Caldecott Medal winner, -- 2008.
Curriculum resource.
History.
Fiction.
Juvenile works.
Historical fiction -- Juvenile fiction.
Historical fiction.
Steampunk.
Dust jackets (Binding) -- 2007.
Juvenile literature.
Kinderbuch.

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  • 1 out of 2 copies are currently available at Peachtree City Library.

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