Blake Winters is not happy to find himself in Oxford, dragged there by his mother who is doing research in the ancient libraries its university colleges. He misses his father, who has remained in Canada, and worries that his parents’ separation will lead to divorce. Accompanied by his younger sister, Duck, Blake spends [...]
Thirteen year-old Emmaline Cayley calls herself an aviatrix. She dreams of flying and is determined to build a flying machine! Since the year is 1894 and airplanes have not yet been invented, this is an extraordinary and, some might say, even foolhardy ambition.
Fortunately for Emmaline, she has recently come from India, where her [...]
Hugo Cabret lives in a secret apartment hidden deep within one of the great train stations of 1930s Paris. His clock maker father dead in a terrible fire and his drunken brute of an uncle vanished, Hugo travels the secret passageways and tunnels of the train station, keeping its twenty-seven clocks running and on [...]
