Publisher: Scholastic Press
Hugo Cabret is an orphan and the clock keeper in a busy Paris train station. His uncle used to be the clock keeper - but he disappeared. As long as Hugo keeps doing his job he gets to pick up the pay checks and can live in the clock keepers apartment. Hugo keeps up the clocks as often as needed which still leaves him plenty of time to steal toy parts for his project. Then the store owner catches Hugo stealing parts. He takes Hugo's notebook and threatens to destory it. Hugo, it seems, will go to any extent to get his notebook back. Why does the store owner have such an interest in Hugo's notebook with drawings of his project?
This book is a graphic novel - meaning part of the story is told in pictures. Though it is a thick book it can be read in two or three hours - most likely.
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