The Invention of Hugo Cabret

6RC are currently reading The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick in our whole class reading lessons and we are absolutely hooked! The book is unique as it has 284 pictures between the 533 pages, so the story depends as much on its pictures as it does on the words. The author himself has described the book as "not exactly a novel, not quite a picture book, not really a graphic novel, or a flip book or a movie, but a combination of all these things". The story is constantly raising questions and we are really enjoying using the clues in both the words and the pictures to predict what happens next. 

If you would like to find out more about The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick, please read the blurb below:

Orphan, clock keeper, and thief, twelve-year-old Hugo lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station, where his survival depends on secrets and anonymity. But when his world suddenly interlocks with an eccentric girl and her grandfather, 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.