The Marvels

Brian Selznick

The Marvels
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Scholastic
Country
United Kingdom
Published
15 September 2015
Pages
640
ISBN
9781407159454

The Marvels

Brian Selznick

In The Marvels, Selznick crafts another remarkable

artistic and bookmaking achievement that weaves together two

seemingly unrelated stories - one in words, the other in pictures

  • with spellbinding synergy.

The illustrations take you by the hand, and they don’t let

go - The Guardian

The illustrated story begins in 1766 with Billy Marvel, the lone

survivor of a shipwreck, and charts the adventures of his family

of actors over five generations.

The prose story opens in 1990 and follows Joseph, who has run

away from school to an estranged uncle’s puzzling house in London,

where he, along with the reader, must piece together many mysteries.

Filled with mystery, vibrant characters, surprise twists, and

heart-rending beauty, and featuring Selznick’s most arresting art

to date, The Marvels is a moving tribute to the power of

story.

A stunning gift to be treasured for a lifetime.

Perfect for fans of theatre, history and beautiful pencil artwork

Brian’s first book, The Invention of Hugo Cabret, was

the winner of the esteemed Caldecott Medal, the

first novel to do so, as the Caldecott Medal is for picture books

& made into a feature length film, HUGO, directed by Martin Scorsese

and starring Jude Law

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