Albert Nightingale’s strange, beautiful house, with its mysterious portraits and ghostly presences, captivates Joseph and leads him on a search for clues about the house, his family, and the past. Dont miss Selznicks other novels in words and pictures, The Invention of Hugo Cabret and Wonderstruck, which together with The Marvels. Nearly a century later, Joseph Jervis runs away from school and seeks refuge with an uncle in London.

There, his family flourishes for generations as brilliant actors until 1900, when young Leontes Marvel is banished from the stage. After surviving a shipwreck, he finds work in a London theatre. The journey begins on a ship at sea in 1766, with a boy named Billy Marvel. Here is the cover, blurb and book trailer: I can’t wait to hold it in my hands and read what is sure to be an amazing story. They are huge books but this is because of the way that Brian Selznick likes to tell his stories, alternating between pages of text and pages of illustration.īrian Selznick has a new book being released in October, called The Marvels. New York Times bestsellers The Invention of Hugo Cabret and Wonderstruck. The Invention of Hugo Cabret and Wonderstruck are some of my favourite books and they’re the sort of books I love just holding. The illustrated story begins in 1766 with Billy Marvel, the lone survivor of a. 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.Brian Selznick’s books are absolutely stunning! I love his artwork and the way that he tells a story using a combination of illustration and text. 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. He survives a devastating shipwreck and later finds work in a London theatre. 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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