I have read this one 2. And this is really good. You should read it ONLY IF YOU KNOW FRENCH. the only reason why I know French is because my friends French and she taught me.
L'Invention de Hugo Cabret = The Invention of Hugo Cabret (French Edition)
By Brian Selznick
Brian Selznick s'est beaucoup inspiré de la vie de Georges Méliès qui a oeuvré dans le monde du cinéma entre 1890 et 1920 et à qui l'on attribue la réalisation du premier film de science-fiction.
L'invention de Hugo Cabret réunit les caractéristiques du roman et de l'album illustré. L'auteur innove en alternant des segments en images, puis en textes. Plus de la moitié des pages sont illustrées de dessins au crayon, en noir et blanc.
Original title: The Invention of Hugh Cabret
Orphan clock keeper, and thief, Hugo Cabret lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station where his survival depends on secrets and anonymity. But when his world suddenly interlocks — like the gears of the clock he keeps — with an eccentric, bookish girl and a bitter old man who runs a toy booth in the train station, Hugo's undercover life, and his most precious secret are put in jeopardy. A cryptic drawing, a treasured notebook, a stolen key, a mechanical man, and a hidden message from Hugo's dead father form the backbone of this intricate, tender, and spellbinding mystery.
With more than three hundred pages of original drawings, and combining elements of picture book, graphic novel, and film, Brian Selznick breaks open the novel form to create an entirely new reading experience. Here is a stunning, cinematic tour de force from a boldly innovative storyteller, artist and bookmaker.