The Invention of Hugo Cabret By: Brian Selznick is about a boy named Hugo whose dad died in a terrible fire. The only things he has from his dad are a notebook and the mysterious automaton. The automaton is a mechanical man that Hugo fixed up to find what it did. It ends up that the automaton draws a scene from his favorite movie but the signature is the toymaker 's from the train station. This book has a thrilling ending and if you want to know it, read it and tell me what you think. I hope you like it.