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Survival depends on the anonymity of Hugo: he tries to stay invisible because it saves an incredible secret, which is put at risk when severe toy store owner and his goddaughter station cross the path of the boy.
A cryptic drawing, a notebook valuable a stolen key and a mechanical man at the center of this intricate and unpredictable story, which, narrated by text and images, mixing elements of comic cinema, offering a different and exciting reading experience.
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This is done mostly through pictures, beautiful pictures well designed and rich in detail, perfect. With a flawless visual art.
The book is divided in 2 parts and reading is super fast, can be made in a few hours despite having 533 pages, since most pages are illustrations.
Hugo lives with his Uncle in a train station since his father died in a fire at the museum where he worked, and where he met and was engaged in repairing an automaton - mechanical man.
Uncle Hugo is responsible for maintaining the station clocks and soon the boy learned the job well. And it was very helpful when uncle suddenly disappeared. With nowhere to go, Hugo had to stand alone maintaining all season to avoid discover that his uncle was gone and he was sent to an orphanage. Without being able to cash the checks that uncle received payment, Hugo stole to survive and did everything to pass unnoticed.
Hugo's father had the notebook with all the drawings for the repair of the automaton, decided he had to fix it and find the message that was in him, as the mechanical man could write, he had a pen in hand and was a desk .
Was stealing small pieces that one day he was caught by Mr. Georges, who seized the notebook from Hugo, and this attempt