ISBN: 1407166573 9781407166575

Category: Juvenile Fiction / Action & Adventure / General

Page count: 534

<p> </p> 'A richly written story with breathtaking pictures' - The Guardian <p>'It is wonderful...This is much more than a graphic novel: it is more like a silent film on paper' - The New York Times</p> <p>'This is a beautiful graphic novel within a novel - the soft pencil drawings bringing the story alive' - Booktrust</p> <p> </p> <p>ORPHAN, CLOCK KEEPER, AND THIEF.</p> <p>Twelve-year-old Hugo lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station, where his survival depends on secrets and anonymity.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <ul> <li>Winner of the esteemed Caldecott Medal- the first novel to do so, as the Caldecott Medal is an award for picture books</li> <li>Released as a live-action film Hugoin 2011, directed by Martin Scorsase and starring Asa Butterfield, Ben Kingsley, Jude Law, Sacha Baron Cohen, Richard Griffiths, Ray Winstone, and Christopher Lee.</li> </ul>