Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick. Hugo is an abandoned 12-year-old in a Paris train station. He works on repairing an old automaton his deceased father found. He must steal to survive. He has adventurers with the goddaughter of one of the vendors in the. Station & eventually discovers that her godfather is the film maker who invented it after he fixes it & it draws a scene from one of his movies.
Merit: Mix of art & prose is alluring.
Share: Intermediate. Read first chapter or two.
Appeal: The inclusion of art makes the length of the book manageable for a hesitant reader.
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