![]() ![]() Stormy Uncle Albert and his strange but beautiful house, with its ships and theater programs, haunting portraits and ghostly presences, lure Joseph on a search for clues about the house, and his own life.Īs readers piece together the mystery of how the two narratives connect, they will be swept up in a gripping adventure that is also a moving exploration of our need to belong and to tell stories. There his family flourishes for generations as brilliant actors until young Leontes Marvel abandons the stage and runs away.Ī century later, Joseph Jervis, another runaway, seeks refuge with an uncle in London. All three books are aesthetically similar their stories are told partly by highly. Many would be familiar at least with the first of the three books which was adapted for the screen by Martin Scorsese and starred Sacha Baron Cohen. He survives a devastating shipwreck and later finds work in a London theatre. T he Marvels follows two similar books by Brian Selznick, The Invention of Hugo Cabret and Wonderstruck. Brian Selznicks new book The Marvels in pictures The creator of the prize-winning The Invention of Hugo Cabret (turned into Hugo by director Martin Scorsese) shares drawings from his. The journey begins on a ship at sea, with a boy named Billy Marvel. In this masterful reimagining of the form he originated, two stand-alone stories-the first in pictures, the second in prose-together create a beguiling narrative puzzle. ![]() From the Caldecott Award-winning creator of The Invention of Hugo Cabret and Wonderstruck comes a breathtaking voyage of the mind and heart. ![]()
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