“Once upon a time, I met a boy named Hugo Cabret. He lived in a train...”

Isabelle

Once upon a time, I met a boy named Hugo Cabret. He lived in a train station. Why did he live in a train station, you might well ask. That's really what this book is going to be about. And about how this singular young man searched to hard to find a secret message from his Father, and how that message lead his way, all the way home.

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Isabelle Who are you? Hugo Your grandfather stole my notebook. I've got to get it back before he burns it. Isabelle Papa Georges isn't my grandfather. And he isn't a thief. You're the thief. You're nothing but a - a reprobate. Isabelle Come on. Hugo Where are we going? Isabelle Only to the most wonderful place on earth. It's Neverland and Oz and Treasure Island all wrapped into one. Hugo My father took me to the movies all the time. He told me about the first one he ever saw. He went into a dark room, and on a white screen, he saw a rocket *fly* - into the eye of the man in the moon. - It went straight in. Isabelle Really? Hugo He said it was like seeing his dreams in the middle of the day. The movies were our special place.