Die Entdeckung des Hugo Cabret

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{{Infobox Book | 
| name = [[The Invention of Hugo Cabret]]
| author = [[Brian Selznick]]
| cover_artist = [[Brian Selznick]]
| country = [[United States]]
| language = [[English language|English]]
| series =
| genre = [[Children's literature|Children's]] [[Mystery novel|Mystery]]
| publisher = [[Scholastic Press]]
| release_date = January 2007
| media_type = Print ([[Hardcover|Hardback]])
| pages = 533 pgs.
| WAYRBA award = 2008
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'''''The Invention of Hugo Cabret''''' is a historical-fiction book written and illustrated by [[Brian Selznick]] and published by [[Scholastic Press]]. The hardcover edition was released on [[January 30]] [[2007]], and the paperback edition was released on [[June 2]] [[2008]]. With 300 pictures between the book's 526 pages, the book depends equally on its pictures as it does the actual words. Selznick himself has described the book as "not exactly a novel, not quite a picture book, not really a graphic novel, or a flip book or a movie, but a combination of all these things." [http://www.amazon.com/dp/0439813786] The book won the 2008 [[Caldecott Medal]], the first considered novel to do so, as the Caldecott Medal is for illustrations. The book’s primary inspiration is the true story of turn-of-the-century pioneer film-maker Georges Méliès, his surviving films, and his collection of mechanical, wind-up figures.

==Plot==

This is a story about a boy whose father is a clockmaker. They find a mechanical man in the attic of the museum his dad works in. The father devotes a lot of his time trying to fix it. His father dies in a fire and he goes to live in a clocktower with his uncle. They run the clocks but one day his uncle leaves. He makes it seem as though the uncle never left and nobody suspects a thing. In the book he befriends an old man who works at a toy shop and a girl. They find out some interesting mysteries and solve them.

==Awards==
* ''The Invention of Hugo Cabret'' is a [[Junior Library Guild Selection]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Horizon Infrmation Portal - The Invention of Hugo Cabret | last= | first= | work=Hawaii Public Library System | url=http://ipac.librarieshawaii.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=11874E0283Y9R.125330&profile=def&uri=link=3100007~!1633881~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab13&menu=search&ri=1&source=~!horizon&term=The+invention+of+Hugo+Cabret+%3A+a+novel+in+words+and+pictures+%2F&index=ALLTITL
| date= | accessdate=2007-08-17 }}</ref>
* ''The Invention of Hugo Cabret'' won the 2008 [[Caldecott Medal]].<ref>The Association for Library Service to Children. [http://www.ala.org/ALSCTemplate.cfm?Section=ALSC]</ref>
* ''The Invention of Hugo Cabret'' was a 2007 [[National Book Award]] Finalist, Young People's Literature.<ref>National Book Foundation. [http://www.nationalbook.org/nba2007_ypl_selznick.html]</ref>

==Movie Adaptation==
[[Warner Bros.]] has picked up the screen rights to the book. [[Chris Wedge]] will direct the film for Warner Bros. and [[Jonny Depp|Johnny Depp's]] production house [[Infinitum Nihil]]. Production is expected to begin in the fall.<ref>[http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117985121.html?categoryid=13&cs=1 Chris Wedge to direct 'Hugo Cabret' - 'Ice Age' director adapting kid's novel for WB]</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.theinventionofhugocabret.com/index.htm Official Site]
*[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0970179/ IMDb Movie Page]
*[http://www.amazon.com/dp/0439813786 www.amazon.com]

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