The Invention of Hugo Cabret

It struck me as gimmicky when I first picked it up. Pages and pages of pictures without text and then suddenly text and more text. I picked it up and put it back down. Then I read a review (maybe Nancy Pearl's) and the reviewer raved about it. I decided to give it another chance. It turned out to be more powerful than a traditional novel for children and more powerful than a picture book. A mystery that is clever and unusual. I think it will go over big in my library.