Student Review: The Invention Of Hugo Cabret

Review by: Molly C.

Author: Brian Selznick

Number of pages: 533 pages

10-word summary: Hugo believes that his fathers automaton will determine his future.

Rating: 3 stars

Review: This book was ok. not great, just ok. The plot could have been better, and there wasn't much action throughout the story. If there weren't any illustrations to accompany the text, I probably would have lost interest about halfway through it. It was still a nicely written story, with a fairly well written out plot.

Favorite quotation: "If one day far in the future, mankind is truly able to fly to the moon, we will have Georges Melies and the movies to thank for helping us understand that if our dreams are big enough, anything is possible." (pg. 360)