• The Invention of Hugo Cabaret

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    The Invention of Hugo Cabaret
    Brian Selznick
    Scholastic Press, 2007
    Historical Fiction
    ISBN:0439813786
    544 pages
    National Book Award Winner

    Synopsis

    Both of his parents have died, so Hugo Cabaret lives with his uncle inside of the clock room at the train station in London. He’s inherited his father’s ability to tinker with toys and anything that has working gears, parts, and pieces. Before the fire, his father happened upon a mechanical man that was calibrated to draw or write something as part of a magic act.

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