Wonderstruck (Schneider Family Book Award - Middle School Winner)

Wonderstruck (Schneider Family Book Award - Middle School Winner)

<strong>Amazon Best Books of the Month, September 2011</strong>: In a return to the eye-popping style of his Caldecott-award winner,<i>The Invention of Hugo Cabret</i>, Brian Selznick€s latest masterpiece, <i>Wonderstruck</i>, is a vision of imagination and storytelling . In the first of two alternating stories, Ben is struck deaf moments after discovering a clue to his father€s identity, but undaunted, he follows the clue€s trail to the American Museum of Natural History, in New York City. Flash to Rose€s story, told simultaneously through pictures, who has also followed the trail of a loved one to the museum--only 50 years before Ben. Selnick€s beautifully detailed illustrations draw the reader inside the museum€s myriad curiosities and wonders, following Ben and Rose in their search for connection. Ultimately, their lives collide in a surprising and inspired twist that is breathtaking and life-affirming. --<i>Seira Wilson</i>