Rich, complex, affecting, and beautiful-with over 460 pages of original artwork- Wonderstruckis a stunning achievement from a gifted artist and visionary.

How they unfold and ultimately intertwine will surprise you, challenge you, and leave you breathless with wonder. 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.Set fifty years apart, these two independent stories-Ben's told in words, Rose's in pictures-weave back and forth with mesmerizing symmetry. Wonderstruck uses the same combination of beautiful hand-drawn images and carefully crafted prose that was so successful in Hugo Cabret. Rose dreams of a mysterious actress whose life she chronicles in a scrapbook.

Ben longs for the father he has never known. 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. Ben and Rose secretly wish their lives were different. In this groundbreaking tour de force, Caldecott Medalist and bookmaking pioneer Brian Selznick sails into uncharted territory and takes readers on an awe-inspiring journey. Don't miss Selznick's other novels in words and pictures, The Invention of Hugo Cabret and The Marvels, which together with Wonderstruck, form an extraordinary thematic trilogy! Rich, complex, affecting and beautiful, Wonderstruck is a staggering achievement from a uniquely gifted artist.

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