Yep, you've guessed it - this is a modern day retelling of the famous A Christmas Carol. This short book tells of Ben's journey after the death of his girlfriend, Marley. Some interesting elements are added here - for instance Tiny Tim has now become a male gay couple and Valentine's Day has replced...
When I read The Invention of Hugo Cabret, I was enchanted by the pictures but not by the words. In Wonderstruck, the written story is much stronger–helped, I think, by the fact that the text and the pictures tell two distinct stories. They are related, but I won’t say how. [Oct. 2011]
Fantastic! Selznick is a marvel with his storytelling and his illustrations - not to mention how they weave two stories together that are poignant. I highly recommend it.
Pretty genius, how the written story from the 1970s corresponds with the drawn story from the 1920s. And the way it ties together is so amazing and satisfying. I subtracted one star because for some reason I didn't feel connected to Ben, despite many reasons I should. Definitely a great book, though...
I was fortunate to get my hands on an ARC of this at ALA. Although I'm not a fan of the size of Selznick's books - the book size makes the gutters really deep, which swallows up some of the art, and that will never make sense to me except as a gambit to help kids transition from picture books to the...
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