9English-Reading Log

Date:15/5/17
Text type:

Title:the invention of hugo cabret
Author:Brian Selznick
Publisher:Scholastic
Year of Publication:2007


What is the text about?After losing his Dad and Uncle, a boy named Hugo finds an automaton and wonders at what it does and represents.
Where/when is it set?It takes place in 1931
Who are the characters? The characters in this book are Hugo, The station inspector, Hugo's father, Hugo's uncle,Isabelle,Monsieur Fredrick,Papa Georges.Madame Jeanne 
Did I like this text?Yes I quite enjoyed this text as it left me wondering what the automaton did at the end of the first part. The story also had good characters and scenes put into it.

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Describe an important character in the text? What makes this character important? 
Hugo is a major character in the story as he is the one who discovered the automaton and figured out what it meant and what it did. If he was not in the story the story line would change dramatically as he brought back Papa Georges' past and helped him remember it and not be sad about it.