From his perch behind the clock, Hugo could see everything. He rubbed his fingers nervously against the small notebook in his pocket and told himself to be patient.
The old man in the toy booth was arguing with the girl. She was about Hugo's age, and he often saw her go into the booth with a book under her arm and disappear behind the counter.
The old man looked agitated today. Had he figured out some of his toys were missing? Well, there was nothing to be done about that now.
Hugo needed the toys.
Hugo Cabret is the perfect book to read in bed.
Brian Selznick's dreamy illustrations are the perfect format for this tale of orphans, old movies, train stations and wound down clocks. The charcoal drawings have a nighttime feel. The darkened cinema is a stage set for Hugo, Isabelle and Papa Georges to uncover hidden strengths, secret longings and old desires.
The idea of going to the movies made Hugo remember something Father had once told him about going to the movies when he was just a boy, when the movies were new. Hugo's father had stepped into a dark room and, on a white screen, he had seen a rocket fly right into the eye of the man in the moon. Father said he had never experienced anything like it. It had been like seeing his dreams in the middle of the day.
Or the night.
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
written and illustrated by Brian Selznick
Here's a link to the movie trailer:
http://www.theinventionofhugocabret.com/movie_trailer.h
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