The Invention of Hugo Cabret #[nn]

Name: The Invention of Hugo Cabret #[nn]
Brand: Scholastic
Price: 14.94 USD
Availability: InStock

Mar 2007 · Scholastic · 24.99 USD; 27.50 CAD

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About this Collection

This collected edition adapts Brian Selznick's award-winning illustrated novel into a graphic novel format, following the story of a young orphan living in a Paris train station who becomes entangled in a mystery involving a broken automaton and a reclusive filmmaker. The book combines sequential art with Selznick's original pencil illustrations to tell a tale of invention, memory, and connection.

In "Part One" of The Invention of Hugo Cabret, a 1930s Paris train station becomes the hidden world of an orphaned boy named Hugo, who keeps the clocks running in secret. When he's caught stealing from a toymaker’s stall, he’s forced to work off his debt—repairing broken toys and slowly finding connection with the toymaker’s goddaughter. As Hugo nears completion of his father’s final project, an intricate automaton, its mysterious sketch reveals a hidden link to the lost films of Georges Méliès. Written and illustrated by Brian Selznick, with cover art by Brian Selznick, this evocative first chapter blends quiet wonder with the magic of forgotten cinema.

Contains 2 stories

Part One

256 pp · Historical

Pencils Georges Méliès

Hugo CabretIsabellePapa Georges [Georges Méliès]Madame MélièsEtienneHarold Lloyd (cameo)

In the hidden corners of a 1930s Paris train station, young Hugo Cabret lives in the shadows, keeping time for the station and his own secrets. When he’s caught stealing from a toymaker’s stall, he’s forced to work off his debt—only to find an unexpected kinship with the toymaker’s goddaughter, Isabelle, and a mysterious automaton his father once tried to restore. As Hugo pieces together the machine’s final movements, he uncovers a sketch that points to a forgotten world of silent films and a legendary maker named Papa Georges.

Part Two

267 pp · Historical

Hugo CabretIsabellePapa Georges [Georges Méliès]Madame MélièsEtienneStation InspectorMonsieur Tabard

In the quiet rhythm of the train station, Hugo Cabret and Isabelle uncover hidden sketches that reveal Papa Georges’s forgotten past as the legendary filmmaker Georges Méliès. With Méliès fading fast, the children race to keep his legacy alive, turning to the Film Academy in a desperate bid to honor his genius. As the world rediscover his magic, one question lingers: can the past be brought back to life before it’s too late?