What do you get when you merge a boy, train station clocks, and an opulent amount of crazy awesome pictures? Hugo Caberet is an orphan who lives with his uncle, the clock winder of a London train station. When he was young, his father found an automaton in the attic of the museum he was working at. He worked at it for a long time trying to get it to work, but one day the museum burned down and his father was nowhere to be seen. All that was left was a pile of broken concrete and the automaton. Hugo took the automaton with him when he went to live with his uncle. Just recently, his uncle went missing and now Hugo, along with his daily routine of finding parts to use in the automaton, had to wind all of the stations’ clocks so the station master won’t find out his uncle is gone. One day when he is trying to steal windup toys from a booth in the station, he gets caught by the owner who questions the pictures of the automaton is Hugo’s notebook. Who is this man? What’s the secret behind the automaton? Where are Hugo’s relatives? Pick up a copy and find out yourself.
Aside from the amazing plot and characters, this book was made up of over two hundred pictures. These pictures allow you to make up your own story in between the lines. It’s like you’re the author! I absolutely loved Hugo’s character; he was intelligent and could always think on his feet. So what do you get when you merge all those things? A truly great story, that’s what.
Review by: the helpful purple butterfly
