This beautifully crafted, kid-friendly mystery combines two parallel stories set 50 years apartone told in text, the other solely in illustrationswhich eventually intertwine into a deeply satisfying conclusion. Rich, complex, affecting, and beautiful-with over 460 pages of original artwork-Wonderstruck is a stunning achievement from a uniquely gifted artist and visionary. Wonderstruck Winner Description: By Brian Selznick. How they unfold and ultimately intertwine will surprise you, challenge you, and leave you breathless with wonder. Set fifty years apart, these two independent stories-Ben’s told in words, Rose’s in pictures-weave back and forth with mesmerizing symmetry.
When Ben discovers a puzzling clue in his mother’s room and Rose reads an enticing headline in the newspaper, both children set out alone on desperate quests to find what they are missing. Rose dreams of a mysterious actress whose life she chronicles in a scrapbook. Ben longs for the father he has never known. Ben and Rose secretly wish their lives were different. The definitions say, A picture book for children as distinguished from other books with illustrations, is one that essentially provides the child with a. Playing with the form he created in his trailblazing debut novel, The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Brian Selznick once again sails into uncharted territory and takes readers on an awe-inspiring journey.
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