The Invention of Hugo Cabret won a controversial award...the Caldecott Medal. Why was that controversial? Caldecott awards go to artists. Hugo Cabret is a very thick book, but only has about the equivalent of 100 pages of text in it. The story is told through a combination of the text and the accompanying illustrations. If you don't look at the illustrations, you miss some of the storyline.
Hugo is trying to survive alone after his uncle dies. Part of what he wants to do is discover the hidden meaning of the automaton that his father left to him.
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