‘Wonderstruck’ by Brian Selznick

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Rating: 5 out of 5.

(Tween – Adult) This young adult middle grade graphic novel is a picture book for everyone. The book is a unique adventure in art and story and I loved it. It’s also been made into a movie, but I would recommend reading the book first.

The book alternates between two stories that eventually converge; one story is just in pictures and the other is just in words. Both the drawings and the writing are done by Brian Selznick. I will definitely be reading more by this amazing artist and author. His cross-hatched pencil sketches are vivid and emotional. The way he blends words and pictures is an experience in itself.

Ben longs for the father he has never known. Rose dreams of a mysterious actress whose life she chronicles in a scrapbook. When Ben discovers a puzzling clue in his mother’s room and Rose reads an enticing headline in the newspaper, both children set out alone on desperate quests to find what they are missing.