Brian Selznick Has Us Wonderstruck!
Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick will publish September 13th this year.
The cover has just released, and here it is!!
I know you all loved The Invention of Hugo Cabret, an amazing story unfolding in words and pictures — a book so amazing that in 2008, it won the Caldecott Medal, the highest honor for an illustrated book. If you haven’t checked out the website, visit www.scholastic.com/hugocabret.
Brian Selznick once again takes you on an awe-inspiring journey.
Set 50 years apart, two independent stories — Ben’s told in words and Rose’s in pictures — weave back and forth. Ben and Rose secretly wish their lives were different. Ben longs for the father he has never known. Rose dreams of a mysterious actress whose life she chronicles in a scrapbook. 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.
From Wonderstruck
When Ben opened his eyes, he was lying on the floor, staring at the ceiling.
Something smelled terrible and burnt. Thankfully the rain had stopped and everything was silent and peaceful. He could go back to his cousins’ house now.
He wanted to get up but he felt so tired. The bed, the nightstand and the dresser seemed so far away, as if Ben were looking at them through the wrong end of his telescope. In the distance, he saw the blue telephone.
It was off the hook and seemed to be smoldering. Then, through the windows, he saw something that seemed impossible. He saw rain still pouring down from the sky, streaking hard against the glass. He saw lightning flash without thunder.
How odd, he thought. The storm hadn’t stopped. Such quiet rain. It had been so loud before. Where had all the noise gone.?
— Nick, STACKS Staffer
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Comment #1 | Posted by: Rachel on March 24, 2011 at 04:22 PM
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEIIIIIKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!! i am so excited!!!!! if this book is anything like hugo cabret then it will be one of the coolest books ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:)
Comment #2 | Posted by: anna on March 25, 2011 at 05:14 PM
Brian Selznick is the author of the book i'm reading now in the doll people series, and the pictures look amazing!
Comment #3 | Posted by: Kenna on March 25, 2011 at 05:19 PM
I have read only the Hugo Cabret book
Comment #4 | Posted by: elephant55 on March 25, 2011 at 10:29 PM
This will be awesome sauce.
Comment #5 | Posted by: Humie on March 27, 2011 at 07:13 PM
all i have to csay is wow
Comment #6 | Posted by: cuppcaakee on March 28, 2011 at 08:32 PM
Super excited for this book!:D
Comment #7 | Posted by: Lisa on March 29, 2011 at 02:29 PM
mysterious yet wonderous makes you wonder hah?
Comment #8 | Posted by: kaya on March 29, 2011 at 10:06 PM
OMG!!!!!!!! CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!!!!!
Comment #9 | Posted by: Erica on April 01, 2011 at 07:10 PM
wow i love all of his books this one seems amazing!
Comment #10 | Posted by: Nina on April 30, 2011 at 08:43 AM
i can't wait till i can read then my sis will and the rest of my family
Comment #11 | Posted by: haili on June 02, 2011 at 03:12 PM
I find it interesting that this book isn't in the first book order but Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 6 pre-order is in there.
Comment #12 | Posted by: Erik on August 18, 2011 at 07:10 AM
Now it's 2012, and I've read it. It was long, but it was gooooooooooooood!
Comment #13 | Posted by: AmazingAthena69 on June 15, 2012 at 07:16 PM