The Invention of Hugo Cabret was a magical book (book is almost the wrong word) created by Brian Selznick. Hugo Cabret once had a loving father who worked as a clockmaker but was also rebuilding a marvelous automaton that had been found in the attic of a museum. When it all burned down, Hugo was left with his alcoholic uncle winding and maintaining clocks at the train station. When his uncle disappears, all that Hugo’s got left are the charred remains of the mechanical man and his father’s notebook filled with drawings to aid in repairing the automaton. Hugo’s certain that the machine will provide a message that will lead him to his destiny. When his father’s notebook is stolen by the old toy vendor, Hugo laments that he might never discover where he fits in the cogs and gears of life. This book is over 500 pages long, but about 300 are filled with incredible illustrations that function almost as the moving frames of a motion picture.

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