It was his job to keep all the clocks in the station running smoothly. His uncle was the timekeeper at the Paris train station. Unfortunately Hugo’s father died in a fire at the museum and Hugo’s uncle took him to live with him. What would he write when his key was turned? Hugo’s father was not sure how the machine worked but he was determined to do his best to get the clockwork man writing again.
It had been beautifully made but was now very rusted and in need of repair. In the attic of the museum Hugo’s father found a peculiar clockwork automaton. His father, a clockmaker and clock mender, had a shop of his own and he also did some work for the local museum. Not long ago Hugo was living happily with his father and having a pretty normal sort of existence. Meet Hugo Cabret, a boy who lives behind the walls in the Paris train station.
